Sounds of shallow water fishes pitch within the quiet window of the habitat ambient noise

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 439-451

  Lugli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic windows; Ambient noise; Fish sounds; Gobies; Low frequency communication

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; NOISE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77953125511     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0528-2     Document Type: Article

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