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With the aid of the lateral line, fish perceive minute water motions and pressure gradients (Coombs 2002). The lateral line of fish is important for many behaviors including spatial orientation, prey detection, shoaling, and intraspecific communication (Bleckmann 1994). In addition, fishes use lateral line information for station holding and entraining (Liao 2007).
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn, Germany, and the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Berlin, Germany.
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Klein, A.T., Bleckmann, H. (2012). Lateral Line Canal Morphology and Noise Reduction. In: Popper, A.N., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 730. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_27
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