Mechanisms underlying the production of carapace vibrations and associated waterborne sounds in the American lobster, Homarus americanus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3421-3429

  Henninger, Heidi Pye ^a   Watson III, Winsor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; American lobster; Antenna; Crustacean; Homarus americanus; Sound; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEPHROPIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEPHROPIDAE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 25844469100     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01771     Document Type: Article

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