Description
Experimental approaches to auditory research make use of validated animal models to determine what can be generalized from one species to another. This volume brings together our current understanding of the auditory systems of fish and amphibians. To address broader comparative issues, this book treats both fish and amphibians together, to overcome the differing theoretical and experimental paradigms that underlie most work on these groups. 1 Hearing in Fishes and Amphibians: An Introduction.- 2 Hearing in Two Worlds: Theoretical and Actual Adaptive Changes of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ear for Sound Reception.- 3 The Auditory Periphery in Fishes.- 4 The Acoustic Periphery of Amphibians: Anatomy and Physiology.- 5 Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways of Fish and Amphibians.- 6 Central Auditory Processing in Fish and Amphibians.- 7 The Sense of Hearing in Fishes and Amphibians.- 8 The Enigmatic Lateral Line System.- 9 Acoustic Communication in Fishes and Frogs.
