Xavier Mouy
@xaviermouy.bsky.social
Assistant Scientist at the Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography (WHOI). Developing passive acoustic methods for monitoring fish, marine mammals and soundscapes. 🇫🇷 and 🇨🇦 living in 🇺🇸. Views my own.
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Xavier Mouy
@xaviermouy.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Three Minute Thesis competition: This all sounds fishy
YouTube video by Xavier Mouy
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This all sounds fishy!
A 3-min summary of my PhD research. This video is several years old and my PhD is now finished but I am continuing this research with UVic, NOAA Fisheries and WHOI. #fishsounds #bioacoustics 🧪🐟🔉
youtu.be/rBttJRytY6M?...
A 3-min summary of my PhD research. This video is several years old and my PhD is now finished but I am continuing this research with UVic, NOAA Fisheries and WHOI. #fishsounds #bioacoustics 🧪🐟🔉
youtu.be/rBttJRytY6M?...
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A top predator on the run! New paper on aversive responses of killer whales to the sounds of long-finned pilot whales – out now in Scientific reports – open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Below a short summary of the main results.
🔈🐳🤓
#bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales
Below a short summary of the main results.
🔈🐳🤓
#bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales
Aversive behavioural responses of killer whales to sounds of long-finned pilot whales - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Aversive behavioural responses of killer whales to sounds of long-finned pilot whales
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February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
A top predator on the run! New paper on aversive responses of killer whales to the sounds of long-finned pilot whales – out now in Scientific reports – open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Below a short summary of the main results.
🔈🐳🤓
#bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales
Below a short summary of the main results.
🔈🐳🤓
#bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales
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Interested in #ocean #sound? Did you know that it is an Essential Ocean Variable? What does this mean and why do we care?
TUNE in to the upcoming webinar that highlights the importance of ocean sound and its best practices: 12 December 2025, 8 am UTC. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
TUNE in to the upcoming webinar that highlights the importance of ocean sound and its best practices: 12 December 2025, 8 am UTC. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Interested in #ocean #sound? Did you know that it is an Essential Ocean Variable? What does this mean and why do we care?
TUNE in to the upcoming webinar that highlights the importance of ocean sound and its best practices: 12 December 2025, 8 am UTC. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
TUNE in to the upcoming webinar that highlights the importance of ocean sound and its best practices: 12 December 2025, 8 am UTC. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Excited to see this paper out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
> 1,000 fish calls from 8 fish species identified including 5 whose wild calls had never been documented. The paper shows species-specific sound characteristics that offers a foundation for future species-specific detectors
🐟🔊🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
> 1,000 fish calls from 8 fish species identified including 5 whose wild calls had never been documented. The paper shows species-specific sound characteristics that offers a foundation for future species-specific detectors
🐟🔊🧪
Knock knock, who's there? Identifying wild species‐specific fish sounds with passive acoustic localization and random forest models
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is a useful non-destructive tool for evaluating species presence, diversity and abundance. However, in marine environments, a dearth of tools and methods for identif....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Excited to see this paper out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
> 1,000 fish calls from 8 fish species identified including 5 whose wild calls had never been documented. The paper shows species-specific sound characteristics that offers a foundation for future species-specific detectors
🐟🔊🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
> 1,000 fish calls from 8 fish species identified including 5 whose wild calls had never been documented. The paper shows species-specific sound characteristics that offers a foundation for future species-specific detectors
🐟🔊🧪
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Does a total solar eclipse trigger singing a new dawn chorus?
"It's an empirical question!"
If you were at the @animbehsociety.bsky.social #ABS2025 session honoring Steve Nowicki you saw @rosvall-lab.bsky.social talk about this awesome work! Now in @science.org
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
"It's an empirical question!"
If you were at the @animbehsociety.bsky.social #ABS2025 session honoring Steve Nowicki you saw @rosvall-lab.bsky.social talk about this awesome work! Now in @science.org
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Great work Kim and team!
Great work Kim and team!
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
www.science.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Does a total solar eclipse trigger singing a new dawn chorus?
"It's an empirical question!"
If you were at the @animbehsociety.bsky.social #ABS2025 session honoring Steve Nowicki you saw @rosvall-lab.bsky.social talk about this awesome work! Now in @science.org
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
"It's an empirical question!"
If you were at the @animbehsociety.bsky.social #ABS2025 session honoring Steve Nowicki you saw @rosvall-lab.bsky.social talk about this awesome work! Now in @science.org
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
🧪🐟🔉WHOI's Postdoctoral Scholars Program is now accepting applications.
Application deadline: December 1, 2025.
If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Application deadline: December 1, 2025.
If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eighteen-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and bi...
www.whoi.edu
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🧪🐟🔉WHOI's Postdoctoral Scholars Program is now accepting applications.
Application deadline: December 1, 2025.
If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Application deadline: December 1, 2025.
If you’re interested in bioacoustics, signal processing, AI/ML, or low-cost instrumentation, and are considering applying, feel free to get in touch with me.
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Excited to share our new open‑access paper in PLOS ONE! We present a Monte Carlo framework to estimate how far resident killer whale pulsed calls can be detected in the Salish Sea by combining in‑situ ambient noise, tagging data and propagation modeling. 🧪🔊🐋
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Modeling the detection range of pulsed calls from resident killer whale in nearshore waters of British Columbia, Canada
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) using underwater listening stations is widely employed to assess the presence and movements of marine mammals. Accurate interpretation of PAM data requires knowledge ...
journals.plos.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Excited to share our new open‑access paper in PLOS ONE! We present a Monte Carlo framework to estimate how far resident killer whale pulsed calls can be detected in the Salish Sea by combining in‑situ ambient noise, tagging data and propagation modeling. 🧪🔊🐋
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
New Sonic Connexions online meet-up coming up on Sep 24! This one will be on Bioacoustics AI with Liz Ferguson. Register now to join the discussions!! #bioacoustics 🔊🧪
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New Sonic Connexions online meet-up coming up on Sep 24! This one will be on Bioacoustics AI with Liz Ferguson. Register now to join the discussions!! #bioacoustics 🔊🧪
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
With the risk of revealing the nerd that I am, here is a great documentary about the origin of the python programming language... Make me love the language even more..
youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...
youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...
Python: The Documentary | An origin story
YouTube video by CultRepo (formerly Honeypot)
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
With the risk of revealing the nerd that I am, here is a great documentary about the origin of the python programming language... Make me love the language even more..
youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...
youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...
New Sonic Connexions event coming up on August 12! 🧪🔉#bioacoustics
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
New Sonic Connexions event coming up on August 12! 🧪🔉#bioacoustics
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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We're heartbroken to share that Dr. Mel Consentino, former Treasurer of SCB MARINE, has passed away.
Born in Argentina with a passion for orcas that would define her life's work, Mel dedicated herself to marine conservation in the most meaningful way. 🐋
Born in Argentina with a passion for orcas that would define her life's work, Mel dedicated herself to marine conservation in the most meaningful way. 🐋
July 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We're heartbroken to share that Dr. Mel Consentino, former Treasurer of SCB MARINE, has passed away.
Born in Argentina with a passion for orcas that would define her life's work, Mel dedicated herself to marine conservation in the most meaningful way. 🐋
Born in Argentina with a passion for orcas that would define her life's work, Mel dedicated herself to marine conservation in the most meaningful way. 🐋
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Excited to share this new gorgeous science-informed kids book all about fish sounds! Our team is grateful for the opportunity to consult on the book and can't wait to use it during outreach events ❤️ 🐠 🔉
Listen to WHAT FISH ARE SAYING!! 🐟🐠🦐 #fish #oceans #reefs #kidlit #nonfiction Thanks to Dr. Tim Lamont at Lancaster U for sharing this fun mix of fish sounds!
June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Excited to share this new gorgeous science-informed kids book all about fish sounds! Our team is grateful for the opportunity to consult on the book and can't wait to use it during outreach events ❤️ 🐠 🔉
Reposted by Xavier Mouy
⚓ NEW PUBLICATION! Thrilled that the first paper of the Scottish Vessel Project is now published in Marine Policy showing how AIS data only represents ~40% of coastal vessel traffic around Scotland.
🚤 Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
🚤 Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
April 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
⚓ NEW PUBLICATION! Thrilled that the first paper of the Scottish Vessel Project is now published in Marine Policy showing how AIS data only represents ~40% of coastal vessel traffic around Scotland.
🚤 Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
🚤 Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Check out the Codcast - a new podcast about the discovery of new fish sounds
#bioacoustics 🐟🧪
open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...
#bioacoustics 🐟🧪
open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...
The CODCAST
Podcast · Shaye Ogurek · This four episode podcast series explores the discovery of a sound. It is a faint but distinct sound produced by a fish, the Arctic cod. Only recently have scientists realized...
open.spotify.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Check out the Codcast - a new podcast about the discovery of new fish sounds
#bioacoustics 🐟🧪
open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...
#bioacoustics 🐟🧪
open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...
Join us for the the second edition of Sonic Connexions on May 5th, 2025 !
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join us for the the second edition of Sonic Connexions on May 5th, 2025 !
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
This is a new Discourse in Ocean Acoustics and Technology
Very cool to have this platform to ask questions and connect with colleagues
discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/welcome-to...
Very cool to have this platform to ask questions and connect with colleagues
discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/welcome-to...
Welcome to Ocean Acoustics & Technology! 👋
We are so glad you are here! This forum aims to provide a place for people who do fisheries acoustics, ocean propagation modelling and analysis, and ocean sensing to get together and ask each other q...
discourse.ocean-acoustics.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is a new Discourse in Ocean Acoustics and Technology
Very cool to have this platform to ask questions and connect with colleagues
discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/welcome-to...
Very cool to have this platform to ask questions and connect with colleagues
discourse.ocean-acoustics.org/t/welcome-to...
Check out the free web software SoundLab to visualize and explore sounds and consider contributing to their crowdfunding campaign.
Humans are visual creatures. We're missing out on so much because it's currently expensive & technical to visualize sounds.
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
April 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Check out the free web software SoundLab to visualize and explore sounds and consider contributing to their crowdfunding campaign.
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🌊 How do whales chat across oceans? How to track fish & map seafloor using sound?
🔊 Learn ocean acoustics w/ interactive Jupyter notebooks in BOAT New Orleans workshop!
👉 boat-ocean-acoustics.github.io
Application deadline Mar 21. Travel support available.
#oceanography #fisheries #bioacoustics
🔊 Learn ocean acoustics w/ interactive Jupyter notebooks in BOAT New Orleans workshop!
👉 boat-ocean-acoustics.github.io
Application deadline Mar 21. Travel support available.
#oceanography #fisheries #bioacoustics
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌊 How do whales chat across oceans? How to track fish & map seafloor using sound?
🔊 Learn ocean acoustics w/ interactive Jupyter notebooks in BOAT New Orleans workshop!
👉 boat-ocean-acoustics.github.io
Application deadline Mar 21. Travel support available.
#oceanography #fisheries #bioacoustics
🔊 Learn ocean acoustics w/ interactive Jupyter notebooks in BOAT New Orleans workshop!
👉 boat-ocean-acoustics.github.io
Application deadline Mar 21. Travel support available.
#oceanography #fisheries #bioacoustics
Are you an undergrad student interested in gaining experience in marine bioacoustics? Apply for the Summer Student Fellowship at @whoi.bsky.social and come work with me. Application deadline: February 5, 2025. Reach out to me if you are interested.
#Bioacoustics
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
#Bioacoustics
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Summer Student Fellowship - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Summer Student Fellow program brings bright, talented students to Woods Hole to learn more about ocean science, attend lectures by Woods Hole scientists, and conduct independent research working a...
www.whoi.edu
January 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Are you an undergrad student interested in gaining experience in marine bioacoustics? Apply for the Summer Student Fellowship at @whoi.bsky.social and come work with me. Application deadline: February 5, 2025. Reach out to me if you are interested.
#Bioacoustics
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
#Bioacoustics
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Reposted by Xavier Mouy
The FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar series resumes Jan 10 at 9 am Pacific—this time with a break in format! We'll be hosting a discussion about a community-led special issue on underwater sounds and are eager for broad involvement! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar series resumes Jan 10 at 9 am Pacific—this time with a break in format! We'll be hosting a discussion about a community-led special issue on underwater sounds and are eager for broad involvement! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Xavier Mouy
The paperback edition of "The Voices of Nature. How and Why Animals Communicate" is announced!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Voices of Nature
Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound
press.princeton.edu
December 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
The paperback edition of "The Voices of Nature. How and Why Animals Communicate" is announced!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring
The distribution and occurrence of killer whales around Iceland are primarily studied in coastal herring grounds, with limited knowledge beyond these areas. This study employed opportunistic passive ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:01 PM
🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Xavier Mouy
"Silly seals sabotage serious science!"
Our elephant seal research at ONC's deep-sea cabled video observatory is featured on CBC's Quirks & Quarks "Good News" show! Great story by Amanda Buckiewicz with Rodney Rountree & me. 🧪🦭🦑🔉
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Publication here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Our elephant seal research at ONC's deep-sea cabled video observatory is featured on CBC's Quirks & Quarks "Good News" show! Great story by Amanda Buckiewicz with Rodney Rountree & me. 🧪🦭🦑🔉
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Publication here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
December 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"Silly seals sabotage serious science!"
Our elephant seal research at ONC's deep-sea cabled video observatory is featured on CBC's Quirks & Quarks "Good News" show! Great story by Amanda Buckiewicz with Rodney Rountree & me. 🧪🦭🦑🔉
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Publication here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Our elephant seal research at ONC's deep-sea cabled video observatory is featured on CBC's Quirks & Quarks "Good News" show! Great story by Amanda Buckiewicz with Rodney Rountree & me. 🧪🦭🦑🔉
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Publication here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Introducing "Sonic Connexions", a series of online meetups designed for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics. It is open to anyone, so join us and become part of this vibrant community!
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
Microsoft Forms
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December 23, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Introducing "Sonic Connexions", a series of online meetups designed for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics. It is open to anyone, so join us and become part of this vibrant community!
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳