Sound production in the Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801): intraspecific variability associated with size, sex and context

• Author(s): Pereira, Beatriz P. ; Vieira, Manuel ; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro ; Candeias-Mendes, Ana ; Barata, Marisa ; Fonseca, Paulo J. ; Amorim, Maria Clara P.
• Date: 2020
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13600
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Vocal fish; Fish acoustic communication; Disturbance sounds; Breeding sounds; Sciaenidae; Aquaculture; Ontogeny of sound production; Field studies; Sexual dimorphism
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Sapientia

Description

Many fish taxa produce sound in voluntary and in disturbance contexts but information on the full acoustic repertoire is lacking for most species. Yet, this knowledge is critical to enable monitoring fish populations in nature through acoustic monitoring.