Effects of fish size and temperature on weakfish disturbance calls: Implications for the mechanism of sound generation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1503-1512

  Connaughton, M A ^a,b   Taylor, M H ^b   Fine, M L ^c  

^a WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Amplitude; Bioacoustics; Cynoscion regalis; Frequency; Pulse duration; Sonic muscle; Sound production; Swimbladder; Weakfish

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FISH; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECORDING; SOUND; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FISHES; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; SOUND; TAPE RECORDING; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034128978     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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