Specialization for underwater hearing by the tympanic middle ear of the turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Turtles, like other amphibious animals, face a trade-off between terrestrial and aquatic hearing.We used laser vibrometry and auditory brainstem responses to measure their sensitivity to vibration stimuli and to airborne versus underwater sound. Turtles aremost sensitive to sound underwater, and the...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24422 |