Comparison of Two Soundscapes: An Opportunity to Assess the Dominance of Biophony Versus Anthropophony

Baquero et al focus on the comparison of biophony and anthropophony in oceanography. The soundscape of an ecosystem is defined as the characterization of all the acoustic sources present in a certain place. A soundscape includes three fundamental sound source types: anthropophony, or sounds associated with human activity; biophony, or sounds produced by animals; and geophony, or sounds generated by physical events such as waves, earthquakes, or rain. Studying soundscapes can provide biological information for a specific habitat, which could then be linked to ecosystem health status and other bioindicators.