Acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus: Evidence for an unusual large vocal repertoire

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1069-1073

  Amorim, M C P ^a   Simoes J M ^a   Fonseca, P J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Lusitanian toadfish; Vocal repertoire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEOST; VOCALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BATRACHOIDIDAE; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HAEMULIDAE; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 48249120325     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001677     Document Type: Article

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