Year-round variability of ambient noise in temperate freshwater habitats and its implications for fishes

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-378

  Amoser, Sonja ^a   Ladich, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Fish; Freshwaters; Masking; Sound pressure levels and spectra

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HEARING; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 77952954966     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0136-9     Document Type: Article

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