Acoustical properties of the swimbladder in the oyster toadfish opsanus tau

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3542-3552

  Fine, Michael L ^a   King, Charles B ^a   Cameron, Timothy M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Communication; Courtship; Resonance; Sound production; Swimbladder

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; AIR SACS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

OPSANUS TAU; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 70350234835     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033423     Document Type: Article

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