The inner ears of Northern Canadian freshwater fishes following exposure to seismic air gun sounds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1360-1366

  Song, Jiakun ^a,b   Mann, David A ^c   Cott, Peter A ^d   Hanna, Bruce W ^d   Popper, Arthur N ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUNS (ARMAMENT); SEISMOLOGY;

AIR GUNS; FISH SPECIES; FRESHWATER FISHES; NORTHERN CANADA; RIVER DELTAS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS;

FISH;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEARING; INNER EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUND PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CYPRINIDAE; EAR, INNER; ESOCIDAE; FIREARMS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; NOISE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PRESSURE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 49249103608     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2946702     Document Type: Article

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