We are pleased to let people know that a new sub-page of www.socal-brs.org is now available and dedicated to the 2012 version of the Southern California Behavioral Response Study (SOCAL-BRS).
Check out the general description of our SOCAL-12 project at:
https://sea-inc.net/socal-brs/socal-12/
and please note the link to a simple summary of our project objectives and methods at the bottom of the page:
https://sea-inc.net/assets/pdf/SOCAL12_summary.pdf
You may also be interested in a related post on a new and exciting site from some of our partners at sea otters.com: http://seaotters.com/2012/07/24/living-in-a-sea-of-sounds/
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START SOCAL-12 FIELDWORK
This post will be the first of our from-the-field blog for our 2012 efforts. Those of you that have followed the project previously when we are in the field know that we try to provide daily (or as often as possible if we are out of internet range) updates of our progress with some descriptions of some of the animals we have been working with and areas we have been working in. I will include some additional details about some of our tools and methods, up-to-date descriptions of our progress and interesting findings, and some fun and interesting things hopefully as well.
We spent the last two days mobilizing our gear and people in Santa Barbara aboard the R/V Truth, two small tagging boats, and the sailing vessel Derek M. Baylis. We set sail in a few hours for the start of field operations with high hopes of continuing the work we have done the last two years in learning more about some of the amazing animals around the incredible Channel Islands. Our objectives are to better understand their basic biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as how it can be affected by human sounds. Please look for regular posts here updating our progress and please check out the links above for more information. We are heading offshore to start so possibly may be a few days before we have connection to provide the first update of our progress.
Thanks for the interest in the project. Brandon Southall