Auditioning fish for sound production in captivity to contribute to a catalogue of known fish sounds to inform regional passive acoustic studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3862-3862
Author(s):  
Amalis Riera ◽  
Rodney A. Rountree ◽  
Francis Juanes
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Fish Sounds ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Passive Acoustic

scholarly journals First attempt to use a remotely operated vehicle to observe soniferous fish behavior in the Gulf of Maine, Western Atlantic Ocean

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney A. Rountree ◽  
Francis Juanes
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Sampling Bias ◽  
Underwater Sound ◽  
Remotely Operated Vehicle ◽  
Intraspecific Interactions ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Fish Sounds ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Passive Acoustic

Abstract Underwater sound and video observations were made at noon, sunset, and midnight in sand, gravel, and boulder habitat in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Maine, USA in October 2001 using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Seventeen species of fish and squid were observed with clear habitat and time differences. Observations of feeding behavior, disturbance behavior, and both interspecific and intraspecific interactions provided numerous opportunities for potential sound production; however, sounds were recorded only during a single dive. Although high noise levels generated by the ROV and support ship may have masked some sounds, we conclude that fish sound production in the Gulf of Maine during the fall is uncommon. The recorded fish sounds are tentatively attributed to the cusk Brosme brosme. Cusk sounds consisted variously of isolated thumps, widely spaced thump trains, drumrolls, and their combinations. Frequency peaks were observed at 188, 539, and 1195 Hz. Use of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) as a passive acoustic observation platform was problematic due to high ROV self-noise and the ROV's inability to maintain a fixed position on the bottom without thruster power. Some fishes were clearly also disturbed by ROV noise, indicating a potential ROV sampling bias. Based on our observations, we suggest that new instruments incorporating both optic and passive acoustic technologies are needed to provide better tools for in situ behavioral studies of cusk and other fishes.

scholarly journals Red hind Epinephelus guttatus Vocal Repertoire Characterization, Behavior and Temporal Patterns

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. GCFI31-GCFI41
Author(s):  
Carlos M. Zayas Santiago ◽  
Richard S. Appeldoorn ◽  
Michelle T. Schärerer-Umpierre ◽  
Juan J. Cruz-Motta
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Spawning Aggregations ◽  
Red Hind ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Epinephelus Guttatus ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Passive Acoustic ◽  
Female Call

Passive acoustic monitoring provides a method for studying grouper courtship associated sounds (CAS). For Red Hind (Epinephelus guttatus), this approach has documented spatio—temporal patterns in their spawning aggregations. This study described vocalizations produced by E. guttatus and their respective behavioral contexts in field and laboratory studies. Five sound types were identified, which included 4 calls recorded in captivity and one sound recorded in the wild, labeled as Chorus. Additionally, the Grunt call type recorded was presumed to be produced by a female. Call types consisted of variations and combinations of low frequency (50—450 Hz) pulses, grunts and tonal sounds in different combinations. Common call types exhibited diel and lunar oscillations during the spawning season, with both field and captive recordings peaking daily at 1800 AST and at 8 days after the full moon.

scholarly journals Drivers of male sound production and effective communication distances at fish spawning aggregation sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 730-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J Rowell ◽  
Gerald L D’Spain ◽  
Octavio Aburto-Oropeza ◽  
Brad E Erisman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Reproductive Activity ◽  
Fish Sounds ◽  
Fish Spawning ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Female Presence ◽  
Spawning Periods

Abstract While monitoring fish sounds has enhanced our understanding of spatio-temporal patterns of spawning and acoustic communication, data interpretation often fails to account for environmental effects on acoustic recordings, resulting in uncertainty of whether measures of detected fish sounds correspond to rates of sound production, specific behaviours, and abundance. In this study, we applied acoustic propagation modelling and detection theory to estimate rates of sound production of territorial, male Gulf grouper (Mycteroperca jordani) from passive acoustic recordings and evaluate effective communication distances. To assess behavioural drivers, environmentally calibrated, hourly estimates of sound production rates were compared to diver observations of courtship, spawning, and numbers of females encountered within male territories. Rates of sound production increased before sunset and were correlated to observed rates of spawning and females encountered, indicating that sound production is largely driven by female presence and increased opportunities to spawn. The mean effective communication distance was estimated to be <21 m, supporting the importance of short-range communication within the observed behaviours. Our findings corroborate that fish sounds can be used to infer measures of reproductive activity and the relative abundance of both sexes during spawning periods once properly calibrated for environmental effects and detection capabilities.

Acoustic behavior of Metaleptea adspersa (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estrellita Lorier ◽  
M. Dolores García ◽  
M. Eulalia Clemente ◽  
Juan José Presa
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
Peak Frequency ◽  
Tape Recorder ◽  
Main Peak ◽  
Acoustic Behavior ◽  
In Captivity

AbstractThe sounds produced by Metaleptea adspersa (Blanchard 1843) were recorded in captivity with an analogical tape recorder. The signal was digitized in the laboratory and studied with a software. Three types of sound were described: copulation, rivalry, and crepitation. All three sounds were produced only by males. The frequency of the sounds occupied a broadband, from 3–4 to 16 kHz, although the main peak frequency for each type of song differed. We also studied the structures involved in sound production. Copulation and rivalry songs were produced by the rubbing of the subcostal, radial, medial, and cubital 1 veins of the hind wing against the subcostal and radial veins of the tegmen; the enlarged cubital area of the hind wing acted as a resonator. Crepitation sound was produced by the cubital area of hind wing when its expanded membrane became taut.

scholarly journals Environmental constraints drive the partitioning of the soundscape in fishes

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (19) ◽  
pp. 6092-6097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laëtitia Ruppé ◽  
Gaël Clément ◽  
Anthony Herrel ◽  
Laurent Ballesta ◽  
Thierry Décamps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Fish Community ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Interference Avoidance ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Underwater Environment ◽  
Fish Sounds ◽  
Passive Acoustic ◽  
Diurnal Species

The underwater environment is more and more being depicted as particularly noisy, and the inventory of calling fishes is continuously increasing. However, it currently remains unknown how species share the soundscape and are able to communicate without misinterpreting the messages. Different mechanisms of interference avoidance have been documented in birds, mammals, and frogs, but little is known about interference avoidance in fishes. How fish thus partition the soundscape underwater remains unknown, as acoustic communication and its organization have never been studied at the level of fish communities. In this study, passive acoustic recordings were used to inventory sounds produced in a fish community (120 m depth) in an attempt to understand how different species partition the acoustic environment. We uncovered an important diversity of fish sounds, and 16 of the 37 different sounds recorded were sufficiently abundant to use in a quantitative analysis. We show that sonic activity allows a clear distinction between a diurnal and a nocturnal group of fishes. Moreover, frequencies of signals made during the day overlap, whereas there is a clear distinction between the different representatives of the nocturnal callers because of a lack of overlap in sound frequency. This first demonstration, to our knowledge, of interference avoidance in a fish community can be understood by the way sounds are used. In diurnal species, sounds are mostly used to support visual display, whereas nocturnal species are generally deprived of visual cues, resulting in acoustic constraints being more important.

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