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The mechanics of the clupeid acoustico-lateralis system: low frequency measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. A. B. Gray  and
E. J. Denton
J. A. B. Gray*
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
E. J. Denton
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
*
*Member of the External Scientific Staff of the Medical Research Council.
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The information received by a fish about a vibrating source will depend on the patterns of excitation of various groups of receptors. Sprats, herrings and other clupeoids have bullae containing gas which are closely related to the sense organs of the utriculi, sacculi and the lateral lines. Structures of particular relevance to the functioning of this system are described and an account of their mechanical responses to low frequency pressure stimuli is given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 11 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979

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