Educational open source kit for the evaluation of acoustic leaky wave antennas with metamaterials.

There is a growing interest in the field of acoustic metamaterials. These materials use periodic structures to exhibit properties not usually found in nature, such as negative mass or negative compressibility. The physics supporting these devices might seem counterintuitive at first, necessitating additional educational resources in this area.

Seasonal and diel influences on bottlenose dolphin acoustic detection determined by whistles in a coastal lagoon in the southwestern Gulf of California.

Marine mammals in subtropical coastal habitats are sentinels of the health of the ecosystem and offer important ecosystem services. They rely on prey that pursues feeding opportunities, while both avoid unfavorable conditions. In many cases, these predator-prey dynamics fluctuate seasonally and are regulated by lunar, tidal, and/or diel cycles (hour).

Reduction of roadway noise in a coastal city underwater soundscape during COVID-19 confinement.

Confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced human activities. Underwater soundscape variations are discussed in this study, comparing a typical and confinement day in a coastal lagoon near a popular tourist city in Mexico. Recording devices were located at 2 m in depth and 430 m away from the main promenade-a two-way avenue for light vehicle traffic-where main tourist infrastructure is located.

Microarray-Based Quality Assessment as a Supporting Criterion for de novo Transcriptome Assembly Selection.

RNA-Sequencing and de novo assembly have enabled the analysis of species with non-available reference transcriptomes, although intrinsic features (biological and technical) induce errors in the reconstruction. A strategy to resolve these errors consists of varying assembling process parameters to generate multiple reconstructions. However, the best assembly selection remains a challenge.

Calls of Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) recorded in the Gulf of California (L).

A total of 109 recordings aiming to identify Bryde's whale calls were collected from the Gulf of California, Mexico, during field trips performed from January 2010 to June 2014. Vocalizations were recorded only when no calves were observed. Four types of calls were identified.