[en] Many fishes use sounds to communicate in a wide range of behavioral contexts. In monitoring studies, these sounds can be used to detect and identify species. However, being able to confidently link a sound to the correct emitting species requires precise acoustical characterization of the signals in controlled conditions. For practical reasons, this characterization is often performed in small sized aquaria, which, however, may cause sound distortion, and prevents an accurate description of sound characteristics that will ultimately impede sound-based species identification in open-water environments. This study compared the sounds features of five specimens of the silverspot squirrelfish Sargocentron caudimaculatum recorded at sea and in aquaria of different sizes and materials. Our results point out that it is preferable to record fish sounds in an open-water environment rather than in small aquaria because acoustical features are affected (sound duration and dominant frequency) when sounds are recorded in closed environments as a result of reverberation and resonance. If not possible, it is recommended that (1) sound recordings be made in plastic or plexiglass aquaria with respect to glass aquaria and (2) aquaria with the largest dimensions and volumes be chosen.
Research center :
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Banse, Marine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Lecchini, David ; Paris Sciences & Lettres University, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Services et de Recherche, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia
Bertucci, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive ; Unité Mixte de Recherche MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation, University of Montpellier, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Sète, France
Parmentier, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Language :
English
Title :
Reliable characterization of sound features in fishes begins in open-water environmentsa).
Publication date :
01 July 2023
Journal title :
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
ISSN :
0001-4966
eISSN :
1520-8524
Publisher :
Acoustical Society of America (ASA), United States
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