Provisional Audiogram for the Shark, Carcharhinus leucas
- 12 May 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 133 (3463), 1480-1482
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3463.1480
Abstract
In an operant-conditioning study, a bull shark responded to signals at frequencies between 100 and 1500 cy/sec. In its band of greatest sensitivity (400 to 600 cy/sec), it discriminated, from high-level ambient noise, signals of amplitudes which the apparatus could not measure.Keywords
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