Substrate-borne communication via mechanical waves is widespread throughout the animal kingdom but has not been intensively studied in fishes. Families such as the salmonids and sculpins have been documented to produce vibratory signals. However, it is likely that fish taxa on or close to the substrate that produce acoustic signals will also have a vibratory component to their signal due to their proximity to substrates and energy transfer between media. Fishes present an intriguing opportunity to study vibrational communication, particularly in the context of signal production and detection, detection range, and how vibratory signals may complement or replace acoustic signals. It is highly likely that the vibrational landscape, the vibroscape, is an important component of their sensory world, which certainly includes and overlaps with the soundscape. With the wide range of anthropogenic activities modifying underwater substrates, vibrational noise presents similar risks as acoustic noise pollution for fishes that depend on vibrational communication. However, in order to understand vibrational noise, more empirical studies are required to investigate the role of vibrations in the fish environment.
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Louise Roberts
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Louise Roberts
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School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
, Liverpool, L69 3GP, United Kingdom
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Aaron N. Rice
Aaron N. Rice
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K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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Louise Roberts
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Aaron N. Rice
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1
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
, Liverpool, L69 3GP, United Kingdom
2
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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This paper is part of a special issue on Fish Bioacoustics: Hearing and Sound Communication.
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, 2708–2720 (2023)
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July 04 2023
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September 20 2023
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Louise Roberts, Aaron N. Rice; Vibrational and acoustic communication in fishes: The overlooked overlap between the underwater vibroscape and soundscape. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 October 2023; 154 (4): 2708–2720. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0021878
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