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William Watkins and William Schevill.

William Watkins and William Schevill.
William Watkins and William Schevill.
William Watkins and William Schevill.
William Watkins and William Schevill.
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William Watkins and William Schevill.
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07/01/1978
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Pictures taken for the Annual Report. Date is approximate; Summer 1978. Schevill on right.
Image Of the Day caption:
Bill Schevill, right, founded the field of marine mammal bioacoustics after World War II, but when Bill Watkins, left, joined him in Woods Hole in 1958, they began what former WHOI bioacoustician Peter Tyack called "a 40-year collaboration that changed the face of marine mammal science." During his time at WHOI, Watkins carried out pioneering work that laid the groundwork for modern bioacoustic science. Ten years after his passing, WHOI biologists Laela Sayigh and Michael Moore will host a public event to honor his legacy at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, March 28 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Image Of the Day repeat caption:
In 1949, WHOI biologist William Schevill, right, and his wife Barbara Lawrence used a crude hydrophone and a dictating machine to record beluga whales from a small boat in the Saguenay River in Canada, pioneerig a new field of marine mammal bioacoustics. William Watkins, left, joined him in 1958 and began developing what would become seminal scientific instruments to record animal sounds from small vessels at sea. Their four-decade collaboration revolutionized the field and amassed a treasure trove of marine mammal recordings. They are now archived at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and available to researchers around the world.
Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives
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