Acoustic pressure and particle motion thresholds in six sciaenid fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1504-1511

  Horodysky, Andrij Z ^a   Brill, Richard W ^b   Fine, Michael L ^c   Musick, John A ^a   Latour, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Hearing; Particle acceleration; Particle velocity; Sciaenidae; Soniferous

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AIR SACS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; PERCIFORMES; PRESSURE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; CYNOSCION REGALIS; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 46849086197     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.016196     Document Type: Article

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