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Rapid recovery following short-term acoustic disturbance in two fish species

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Royal Society Open Science

Bruintjes, R., Purser, J., Everley, K. A., Mangan, S., Simpson, S. D. and Radford, A. N.

Noise from human activities is known to impact organisms in a variety of taxa, but most experimental studies on the behavioural effects of noise have focused...
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Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Behaviour, Environmental pollutant, Physiology, Residual effect, Sound

Role of the Lagena in fish hearing and its susceptibility to anthropogenic noise

2019
Open Access Conference

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Vetter, B. J.

While the saccule is often considered to be the primary auditory end organ, evidence from a small number of studies demonstrates that the lagena could support...
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Keywords: Fish hearing, Lagena, Physiology

Oxygen consumption and swim speed of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena.

2001
Open Access Journal Article

Fish Science

Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kato, A. and Kawamura, A.

The rate of oxygen consumption and energetic cost of locomotion of captive harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena were studied in Hokkaido, Japan, using respirometry together with externally...
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Keywords: Diving, Harbour porpoise, Metabolism, Physiology

Aquatic noise pollution: implications for individuals, populations, and ecosystems

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Kunc H.P., McLaughlin, K. E. and Schmidt R.

Anthropogenically driven environmental changes affect our planet at an unprecedented scale and are considered to be a key threat to biodiversity. According to the World Health...
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Keywords: Aquatic ecosystems, Behaviour, Communication, Environmental change, Physiology