Groupers on guard

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received up to $5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as part of the Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors program. The goliath grouper generates low-frequency sounds when they are approached by divers. The “boom” sounds that they make are acoustically distinct from other species of groupers, which will alert authorities to a potential threat.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]