Ian Jones is a Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Acoustics Research and Education (CARE) at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS). His research focuses on underwater soundscape ecology, including quantifying trends of sounds present in natural habitats, how these sounds are detected and used by marine animals for ecological functions, and how soundscape data can inform assessments of overall habitat health. He is also interested in how marine noise pollution, such as from vessel traffic and marine construction, impacts the behavior and ecology of marine animals, especially fishes and invertebrates. Recently he his soundscape studies have expanded from strictly marine habitats to estuarine eelgrass and freshwater rivers in New Hampshire. Prior to his current Faculty position, he was a postdoc in CARE advised by Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds and studied long-term trends and oceanographic drivers of offshore soundscapes along the U.S. East coast. He is also a former president of the UNH Postdoctoral Association. Prior to UNH he obtained his PhD from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program working under Dr. Aran Mooney to research coral reef soundscapes and impacts of underwater construction noise on longfin squid behavior. Outside of research and teaching, he is a DJ obsessed with house and trance music, and enjoys video games, hiking, and scuba diving.
Courses Taught
- EOS/OE 808/795: Acoustics Essentials
Research Interests
- Animal Behavior/Ethology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Marine Biology
- Ocean Acoustics
Selected Publications
Jones, I. T., Martin, S. B., & Miksis-Olds, J. L. (2025). Exploring offshore particle motion soundscapes.. J Acoust Soc Am, 157(1), 149-168. doi:10.1121/10.0034748
Jones, I. T., Martin, S. B., & Miksis-Olds, J. L. (2024). Incorporating Particle Motion in Fish Communication and Listening Space Models. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life (pp. 673-686). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50256-9_73
Jones, I. T., Schumm, M., Stanley, J. A., Hanlon, R. T., & Mooney, T. A. (2023). Longfin squid reproductive behaviours and spawning withstand wind farm pile driving noise. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsad117
Jones, I. T., Martin, S. B., & Miksis-Olds, J. L. (2023). Incorporating Particle Motion in Fish Communication and Listening Space Models. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life (pp. 1-14). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_73-1
Jones, I. T., Gray, M. D., & Mooney, T. A. (2022). Soundscapes as heard by invertebrates and fishes: Particle motion measurements on coral reefs. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 152(1), 399-415. doi:10.1121/10.0012579
Jézéquel, Y., Jones, I. T., Bonnel, J., Chauvaud, L., Atema, J., & Mooney, T. A. (2021). Sound detection by the American lobster (Homarus americanus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(6). doi:10.1242/jeb.240747
Jones, I. T., Peyla, J. F., Clark, H., Song, Z., Stanley, J. A., & Mooney, T. A. (2021). Changes in feeding behavior of longfin squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) during laboratory exposure to pile driving noise. Marine Environmental Research, 165, 105250. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105250
Suca, J. J., Lillis, A., Jones, I. T., Kaplan, M. B., Solow, A. R., Earl, A. D., . . . Mooney, T. A. (2020). Variable and spatially explicit response of fish larvae to the playback of local, continuous reef soundscapes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 653, 131-151. doi:10.3354/meps13480
Jones, I. T., Stanley, J. A., & Mooney, T. A. (2020). Impulsive pile driving noise elicits alarm responses in squid (Doryteuthis pealeii). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110792. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110792
Jones, I. T., Stanley, J. A., Bonnel, J., & Mooney, T. A. (2019). Complexities of tank acoustics warrant direct, careful measurement of particle motion and pressure for bioacoustic studies. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. doi:10.1121/2.0001073
