This paper identifies key challenges in passive acoustic monitoring software through expert assessment and proposes strategies to improve scalability and usability.

bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2026 · PreprintEcology

The Freshwater Sounds Archive

Jack A. Greenhalgh, Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins, Martín Boullhesen, Gabriel Lourenço Brejão, Jacob C Bowman, Robert A. Briers, Katie Campbell, A. McFadyen Clark, Mackenzie Coen, Camille Desjonquères, María Soledad Gastón, Benjamin L. Gottesman, Ian T. Jones, José Joaquín Lahoz‐Monfort, Elliot Lindsay, , Audrey Looby

The paper introduces The Freshwater Sounds Archive, a global database of species-specific freshwater sounds, aiming to improve species identification from soundscape recordings and enable machine learning applications.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms

Kevin Darras, Rodney Alan Rountree, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Anna F. Cord, Frederik Pitz, Youfang Chen, Lijun Dong, Agnès Rocquencourt, Camille Desjonquères, Patrick Mauritz Diaz, Tzu‐Hao Lin, Théophile Turco, Louise Emmerson, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Amandine Gasc, , Bárbara Freitas

The paper synthesizes passive acoustic monitoring data across ecosystems to assess global coverage and identify gaps in biodiversity monitoring.

Global Ecology and Biogeography · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology