In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum

West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum), a marine perciform, possess a swim bladder which has associated muscles that are used in sound production. Individuals have been recorded producing sounds during capture that may be associated with disturbance from their normal behaviour. To determine...

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Main Authors: Parsons, Miles, Longbottom, Simon, McCauley, Robert, Lewis, P., Fairclough, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Australian Acoustical Society 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29399
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author Parsons, Miles
Longbottom, Simon
McCauley, Robert
Lewis, P.
Fairclough, D.
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Longbottom, Simon
McCauley, Robert
Lewis, P.
Fairclough, D.
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description West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum), a marine perciform, possess a swim bladder which has associated muscles that are used in sound production. Individuals have been recorded producing sounds during capture that may be associated with disturbance from their normal behaviour. To determine whether individuals produce sound during natural behaviour, a passive sea-noise logger was deployed on the seafloor for one month in close proximity to low-relief artificialsubstrates occupied by G. hebraicum. During this time, both juvenile and sub-adult G. hebraicum were observed within metres of the logger on numerous occasions. At approximately the same time, sounds with characteristics similar to the disturbance calls of G. hebraicum were detected by the logger. Two types of swimbladder generated calls were recorded, one of widely-spaced pulses and the other of pulses in quick succession The maximum received levels and sound exposurelevels of the recorded calls were 132 dB re 1 μPa and 121 dB re 1 μPa2.s, respectively. Based on previously determined G. hebraicum source levels and time of arrival techniques (direct and surface-reflected ray paths), the vocalising fish were estimated at between 1 and 19.5 m from the hydrophone and thus within the area where they had been observed. This study has provided evidence that juvenile G. hebraicum produce sounds at similar source levels to those generated during human induced disturbance. This indicates that sound is produced by individuals of this species during normal behaviour, but may or may not be associated with natural sources of disturbance.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-293992017-01-30T13:12:38Z In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum Parsons, Miles Longbottom, Simon McCauley, Robert Lewis, P. Fairclough, D. swim bladder sea noise sound production dhufish West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum), a marine perciform, possess a swim bladder which has associated muscles that are used in sound production. Individuals have been recorded producing sounds during capture that may be associated with disturbance from their normal behaviour. To determine whether individuals produce sound during natural behaviour, a passive sea-noise logger was deployed on the seafloor for one month in close proximity to low-relief artificialsubstrates occupied by G. hebraicum. During this time, both juvenile and sub-adult G. hebraicum were observed within metres of the logger on numerous occasions. At approximately the same time, sounds with characteristics similar to the disturbance calls of G. hebraicum were detected by the logger. Two types of swimbladder generated calls were recorded, one of widely-spaced pulses and the other of pulses in quick succession The maximum received levels and sound exposurelevels of the recorded calls were 132 dB re 1 μPa and 121 dB re 1 μPa2.s, respectively. Based on previously determined G. hebraicum source levels and time of arrival techniques (direct and surface-reflected ray paths), the vocalising fish were estimated at between 1 and 19.5 m from the hydrophone and thus within the area where they had been observed. This study has provided evidence that juvenile G. hebraicum produce sounds at similar source levels to those generated during human induced disturbance. This indicates that sound is produced by individuals of this species during normal behaviour, but may or may not be associated with natural sources of disturbance. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29399 Australian Acoustical Society fulltext
spellingShingle swim bladder
sea noise
sound production
dhufish
Parsons, Miles
Longbottom, Simon
McCauley, Robert
Lewis, P.
Fairclough, D.
In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title_full In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title_fullStr In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title_full_unstemmed In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title_short In Situ Calls Of The Marine Perciform Glaucosoma Hebraicum
title_sort in situ calls of the marine perciform glaucosoma hebraicum
topic swim bladder
sea noise
sound production
dhufish
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29399