Piezoelectric Property of Otoliths
- 20 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 158 (3799), 368-370
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3799.368
Abstract
Otoliths of two species of bony fishes have been found to be piezoelectric. Hence, in theory, they constitute a mechanism for depth perception or frequency analysis of sound waves, or both.Keywords
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