Office

E-310, Howell Science Complex
Office Hours: M,W 2:00-3:00 P.M.; T,Th 9:30-10:30 A.M.; and by appointment

Class Schedule, Fall 2005

Physics 1050(3), Physics and the Environment

M,T,W,Th 1:00-11:50 A.M., Room E-301 Howell Science Complex
Course Website: ECU Blackboard

Research Interests

Physical Acoustics: atmospheric and underwater sound propagation
Biological Acoustics: underwater sound produced by fish, marine mammals and invertebrates
Web site for Fish Sound Project
Computational Physics: using computers to do calculations and modelling

Some Recent Publications

M. W. Sprague and J. J. Luczkovich, (2004) "Measurement of an individual silver perch Bairdiella chrysoura sound pressure level in a field recording ," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116 (5) pp. 3186-3191.

M. W. Sprague (2002) "The Single Sonic Muscle Twitch Model for Sciaenid Sound Production," Bioacoustics 12 (2 & 3) pp. 225-227.

J. J. Luczkovich and M. W. Sprague (2002) "Using Passive Acoustics to Monitor Estuarine Fish Populations," Bioacoustics 12 (2 & 3) pp. 289-292.

M. W. Sprague and J. J. Luczkovich (2001) "Do striped cusk-eels Ophidion marginatum (Ophidiidae) produce the 'chatter' sound attributed to weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Sciaenidae)?" Copeia 2001 (3) pp. 854-859.

M. W. Sprague, (2000) "The single sonic muscle twitch model for the sound-production mechanism in the weakfish, Cynoscion regalis," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 108 (5) pp. 2430-2437.

J. J. Luczkovich, H. J. Daniel III, M. Hutchinson, T. Jenkins, S. E. Johnson, R. C. Pullinger, and M. W. Sprague, (2000) "Sounds of sex and death in the sea: bottlenose dolphin whistles suppress mating choruses of silver perch," Bioacoustics 10 (4) pp. 323-334.

M. W. Sprague, J. J. Luczkovich, R. C. Pullinger, S. E. Johnson, T. Jenkins, and H. J. Daniel, III, (2000) "Using spectral analysis to identify drumming sounds of some North Carolina fishes in the family Sciaenidae," Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116 (2) pp. 124-145.

J. J. Luczkovich, M. W. Sprague, S. E. Johnson, and R. C. Pullinger, (1999) "Delimiting spawning areas of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (family Sciaenidae) in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina using passive hydroacoustic surveys," Bioacoustics 10 (2) pp. 143-160.

Some Recent Presentations

M. W. Sprague and J. J. Luczkovich (2003) "Processing Digitally Encoded Sound Files for Fishery Investigations," Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 14 August 2003, Quebec City, QB, Canada.

M. W. Sprague, J. J. Luczkovich, R. E. Brainard, and K. B. Wong (2002) "Analysis of coral reef sound recordings in the Phoenix and Line Islands," First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics/144th Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America, 2 December 2002, Cancun, QR, Mexico. Abstract published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 112 (5) p. 2204.

M. W. Sprague and J. J. Luczkovich (2002) "Quantifying Species-Specific Contributions to the Overall Sound Level," An International Workshop on the Application of Passive Acoustics in Fisheries, 8-10 April 2002, Dedham, MA. <http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/aqua/cfer/acoustics/exsum/sprague/extended.html>

M. W. Sprague (2001) "Pulsed sound production by Sciaenid fishes," 142nd Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America, 4 December 2001, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Abstract published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110 (5) p. 2639.

M. W. Sprague (2001) "The Single Sonic Muscle Twitch Model for Sciaenid Sound Production," The International Conference on Fish Bioacoustics: Sensory Biology, Behavior and Practical Applications, 30 May-2 June 2001, Evanston, IL.