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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Miles
dc.contributor.authorLewis, P.
dc.contributor.authorLongbottom, Simon
dc.contributor.authorMcCauley, Robert
dc.contributor.authorFairclough, D.
dc.contributor.editorTerrance McMinn
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:12:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:12:17Z
dc.date.created2013-03-27T20:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationParsons, Miles and Lewis, Paul and Longbottom, Simon and McCauley, Robert and Fairclough, David. 2012. Dhu they or don't they? A study of sound production by three fish species of commercial and recreational importance in Western Australia, in McMinn, T. (ed), Proceedings of Acoustics, Nov 21-23 2012. Fremantle, Western Australia: Acoustical Society of Australia.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19164
dc.description.abstract

Over 800 species of fish produce sound, for a variety of reasons including distress, spawning and agonistic behaviour. An increasing number of sparids have been shown to be soniferous, but while studies of glaucosomatids (pearl perches) have shown the presence of likely 'sonic' muscles confirmed reports of sound production in the wild has been elusive. In Western Australia, a project examined whether West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum), snapper (Pagrus auratus) and black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) produce sound. Recordings of dhufish, an iconic fish in Western Australia, have provided proof of sound production and some acoustic characteristics of dhufish sounds are presented. For black bream, while sounds were recorded at a known spawning location at a time of spawning, black bream could not be confirmed as the source. No confirmed evidence of sound production was found for snapper, either during spawning or upon capture. It is possible that in data-limited situations for fisheries, monitoring of sound-producing fishes using passive acoustic techniques could elucidate additional information about ecology, reproductive behaviour and relative abundance.

dc.publisherAcoustical Society of Australia
dc.relation.urihttp://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2012/papers/p8.pdf
dc.subjectagonistic behaviour
dc.subjectspecies
dc.subjectsound
dc.subjectspawning
dc.subjectdistress
dc.titleDhu they or don't they? A study of sound production by three fish species of commercial and recreational importance in Western Australia
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of the Acoustical Society of Australia
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of the Acoustical Society of Australia
dcterms.source.isbn9780646590394
dcterms.source.conferenceAustralian Acoustical SocietyAcoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and the Environment
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateNov 21 2012
dcterms.source.conferencelocationFremantle, Western Australia
dcterms.source.placeAustralia
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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