In recent times, bioacoustics ―a branch of science which investigates, among other issues, the mechanisms of transfer of biological information through acoustic links― has experienced a notable boom due, in part, to the ease of access to the recording equipment, the growth of citizen science and the application of this field in countless scientific research projects.
Eloïsa Matheu, who was one of the first people in our country to go out into the field with a tape recorder and a parabolic microphone, will open our eyes ―or better ears― to a world brimming with sounds and will teach us how to interpret them.
In the activity “The hidden sounds of the Delta” we will visit the reedbed that surrounds the purification ponds of l’Embut, an environment where living beings can be heard, but rarely can be observed, and where the techniques used by Eloïsa are more than necessary for the detection of the animals which live inside.
