The marine marbled rockfish Sebastiscus marmoratus is dependent on kelp beds and rocks for survival and reproduction. We found that sound production and hearing sensitivity in S. marmoratus are closely matched in the frequency domain. We also found that the juvenile rockfish prefers the habitat of the larger macroalgae Sargassum horueri rather than the habitat containing the smaller algae Ulva pertusa where the adult rockfish prefers to live. Our underwater noise recording data from these two habitats indicate that their spectra of the background noise have different values. The results suggest that the acoustic cues may be critical for pelagic larvae when selecting the preferential habitat in which to settle.
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Zhang, X., Guo, H., Wang, Z., Pan, Y., & Song, J. (2016). Noise-dependent fish distribution in kelp beds. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Vol. 875, pp. 1259–1264). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_158
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