Amphibulator II

Author

Cambron, Mark E. ; Emberton, Adam C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes a recent capstone design project done at Western Kentucky University. An important tool for studying and monitoring wildlife are automated digital recording systems. The Amphibulator is designed to control the Marantz Professional Solid State Recorder PMD 660. In this paper improvements to the Amphibulator I are discussed. The system has being used to monitor the effects of global warming on populations of several species of amphibians in Spain and Portugal, to describe the acoustic landscape and bird populations in western Kentucky, and to study behavioral calls of midwife toads in central and northern Spain.

Keywords

audio recording; biology computing; computerised monitoring; global warming; recorders; zoology; Amphibulator I; Amphibulator II; Marantz Professional Solid State Recorder PMD 660; Portugal; Western Kentucky University; acoustic landscape; amphibian species population; automated digital recording systems; bird populations; central Spain; global warming effects monitoring; midwife toads behavioral calls; northern Spain; wildlife monitoring; Batteries; Birds; Educational institutions; Monitoring; Sociology; Solids; Statistics; Capstone Design; Digital Recording; Global Warming;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE

Conference_Location

Jacksonville, FL

ISSN

1091-0050

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0052-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2013.6567391

Filename

6567391