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Acoustics Research Letters Online -- April 2003 -- Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 25-30


   
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Evasive responses of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) to ultrasonic stimuli

Dennis T. T. Plachta and Arthur N. Popper
Department of Biology and Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

(Received 15 May 2002; accepted 30 November 2002; published 27 January 2003)

Many species of odontocete cetaceans (toothed whales) use high frequency clicks (60–170 kHz) to identify objects in their environment, including potential prey. Behavior and physiological studies have shown that American shad, Alosa sapidissima, can detect ultrasonic signals to at least 180 kHz. This study demonstrates that freely swimming, American shad show a variety of behaviors in response to pure tone, ultrasonic stimulation. This response depends primarily on stimulus amplitude and, to a lesser degree, on stimulus frequency, direction and duration. ©2003 Acoustical Society of America.


doi:10.1121/1.1558376
PACS: 43.64.Tk, 43.66.Qp, 43.80.Lb

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