Crepuscular changes in emission rate and parameters of the boatwhistle advertisement call of the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-331

  Thorson, Robert F ^a,b   Fine, Michael L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Mate choice; Sonic muscle; Sound production

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FISH; VOCALIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; BOOPS; HAEMULIDAE; OPSANUS; OPSANUS BETA; PISCES;

EID: 0036128002     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014334425821     Document Type: Article

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