New bioacoustic article in Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol 81(1)

["Sonja Amoser" <>]

Paul F. Nicoletto and Sommer H. Linscomb (2007): Sound production by the
sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus. Environ. Biol. Fish. 81,
15-20.

Abstract: Sound production in reproductively active sheepshead minnows,
Cyprinodon variegatus, is documented. Male sheepshead minnows produced
acoustic signals in seven behavioral contexts including: patrolling the
territory, chasing, hovering on the territory, courting, fighting,
spawning, and during the startle response. Fifty eight percent of the
calls contained one or two pulses and 44% of the calls were greater than
three pulses. With the exception of differences in frequency the
structure and behavioral contexts of C. Variegatus calls is similar to
the calls of C. bifasciatus.

URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/p4057xw5062087p1/
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