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The mechanics of the clupeid acoustico-lateralis system: frequency responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

E. J. Denton ,
J. A. B. Gray  and
J. H. S. Blaxter
E. J. Denton
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
J. A. B. Gray
Affiliation:
Member of the External Scientific Staff of the Medical Research Council
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
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The mechanical responses of several structures in the auditory and lateral-line systems of the sprat Sprattus sprattus(L.) and the herringClupea harengus L. to oscillatory pressure changes have been observed over a range of frequencies from 0·014 t0 2600 Hz. The pressures required to give constant responses of the bulla membrane, and the lateral recess membrane varied relatively little between 0·014 and 1000 Hz; above 1000 Hz the sensitivity fell quickly as frequency increased.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 27 - 47
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979

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