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Popper, Arthur

Popper, Arthur

Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Biology
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Brain and Behavior Institute
2225 Biology-Psychology Building
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Dr. Popper is interested in both basic and applied issues related to hearing. His basic science interests relate to structure/function issues in the evolution of vertebrate hearing, with a particular focus on fishes.  Over the past years, Dr. Popper has applied this work to better understand how underwater man-made sounds, such as produced by energy exploration and shipping, may affect aquatic animals, and how to protect them from exposure to very intense sounds.

Research examples

How exposure to very intense man-made underwater sounds impact fishes

EDUCATION

Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center, 1969

  • Marine bio-acoustics
  • Structure, function, and evolution of the vertebrate auditory system
  • Auditory mechanisms in fishes
  • Effects of human-generated (anthropogenic) sound on aquatic organisms
  • Effects of high intensity sources and longer-term but lower level increases in background sound
  • Morphological, physiological, and behavioral approaches to help understand hearing mechanisms and capabilities
  • Effects of very intense sounds on fish

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