scholarly journals Acoustic communication during reproduction in the basal gobioid Amur sleeper and the putative sound production mechanism

2019 ◽  
Vol 309 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-279
Author(s):  
S. Horvatić ◽  
S. Malavasi ◽  
E. Parmentier ◽  
Z. Marčić ◽  
I. Buj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Communication ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Amur Sleeper ◽  
Production Mechanism

scholarly journals Characteristics of sound production and associated pharyngeal jaws in the tomtate grunt Haemulon aurolineatum (Cuvier, 1830) in Caribbean reefs

2021 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgane Millot ◽  
Frédéric Bertucci ◽  
David Lecchini ◽  
Sarah Smeets ◽  
Malika René-Trouillefou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Communication ◽  
Standard Length ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Unusual Feature ◽  
Acoustic Features ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pharyngeal Jaws

The ability to produce sounds for acoustic communication is well known in different grunt species (Haemulidae). However, most of the sounds have not been described and the sound-producing mechanism of very few grunt species has been deeply studied. Additional data is needed to search for synapomorphy in the sonic mechanism. This study describes acoustic features and branchial anatomy in Haemulon aurolineatum. Correlations were found between some acoustic features and standard length, showing the largest specimens produced shorter, lower-pitched grunts of higher intensity. Examinations of acoustic features and branchial anatomy show that H. aurolineatum uses the same stridulatory mechanism described previously in H. flavolineatum. The unusual feature of Haemulon species concerns the fourth ceratobranchials. These appear to be part of the lower pharyngeal jaws since they possess firmly attached teeth that face the upper pharyngeal jaws. The stridulation results from the rubbing of both pharyngeal and fourth ceratobranchial teeth. This mechanism is probably common to the 23 Haemulon species, but additional information is needed regarding the mechanism of other Haemulinae species to produce stridulatory sounds. Fourth ceratobranchials could constitute a key element of Haemulinae ability to produce sounds providing an eventual synapomorphic aspect of the mechanism in the family.

scholarly journals Sound production mechanism in Gobius paganellus (Gobiidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 216 (17) ◽  
pp. 3189-3199 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Parmentier ◽  
L. Kever ◽  
K. Boyle ◽  
Y.-E. Corbisier ◽  
L. Sawelew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Production Mechanism

scholarly journals Correction: Unusual sound production mechanism in the triggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus(Balistidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 220 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Parmentier ◽  
Xavier Raick ◽  
David Lecchini ◽  
Kelly Boyle ◽  
Sam Van Wassenbergh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Production Mechanism

scholarly journals Evolution of acoustic communication in fungus-growing ant societies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Murakami ◽  
Hironori Sakamoto ◽  
Seigo Higashi
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Communication ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Structure Complexity ◽  
Fungus Growing Ants

Abstract Do ants ‘talk’? If so, how important is talking in ant societies? Chemical communication, through pheromones for example, was thought to be the main communication tool in ant societies; however, a major question is whether chemical substances alone can control highly differentiated social behaviours. In this study, we focused on the ‘talk’ of agricultural ants, key organisms in the Neotropical ecosystem, and conducted a detailed acoustic analysis. Our results indicate that in fungus-growing ants, acoustic communication is a much more frequent and critical factor than previously believed. The frequency of stridulatory sound-production recordings from the ants were found to be significantly correlated with social structure complexity. Structural analysis indicated that both the area and number of slits in the stridulatory acoustic organs were significantly correlated with body size. The ability of leaf-cutting ants to maintain fungus gardens was significantly lower in the sound-inhibited group than in the pheromone secretion-inhibited group. These results suggest that ants that have become ‘chattier’ may induce altruistic behaviours and create more complex societies. The findings of this study may be applicable not only to social evolution studies but also for effectively controlling ant behaviours.

scholarly journals Constraints on the sound production mechanism of blue whales

1995 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 3352-3352
Author(s):  
David S. Clark ◽  
Mark A. McDonald ◽  
John A. Hildebrand ◽  
Spahr C. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Production Mechanism ◽  
Blue Whales

scholarly journals Sound production mechanism in triggerfish (Balistidae): a synapomorphy

2017 ◽  
Vol 221 (1) ◽  
pp. jeb168948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Raick ◽  
David Lecchini ◽  
Loïc Kéver ◽  
Orphal Colleye ◽  
Frédéric Bertucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Production Mechanism
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