Abstract
Researchers often perform hearing studies on fish in small tanks. The acoustic field in such a tank is considerably different from the acoustic field that occurs in the animal’s natural environment. The significance of these differences is magnified by the nature of the fish’s auditory system where either acoustic pressure (a scalar), acoustic particle velocity (a vector), or both may serve as the stimulus. It is essential for the underwater acoustician to understand the acoustics of small tanks to be able to carry out valid auditory research in the laboratory and to properly compare and interpret the results of others.
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This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Antares Parvulescu. Antares was a good friend and a consummate acoustician and scholar. He was a very rich intellect who enjoyed science and all other aspects of life. This work was supported in part by the Neely Endowment at Georgia Tech. We thank John Bogle of Georgia Tech for valuable finite-element modeling in support of this chapter.
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Rogers, P.H., Hawkins, A.D., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R., Gray, M.D. (2016). Parvulescu Revisited: Small Tank Acoustics for Bioacousticians. In: Popper, A., Hawkins, A. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_115
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