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and evaluate auditory stream segregation. They also present detailed considerations
for experimental design with respect to stimulus presentation and threshold criteria
and how these experimental variables can be used in future studies to investigate
auditory perception in fi shes. In Part III on sensory biology and physiology, Daphne
Soares, Matthew Niemiller, and Dennis Higgs review the current knowledge on
cavefi sh hearing, which has not been well studied, as hearing ability has only been
examined in four species. These authors summarize their own studies on amblyopsid cavefi shes and offer suggestions for future research on these fascinating fi shes.
In the next chapter, Peggy Edds-Walton summarizes her research completed during
collaborations with both Art Popper and Dick Fay on how the toadfi sh ear and central nervous system encode and process biologically relevant sounds and what we
have learned about what the toadfi sh ear tells the toadfi sh brain specifi cally about
the particle motion component of sound. Karen Maruska and Joe Sisneros then
provide one of the fi rst comparisons of auditory threshold curves determined by different recording methods in a single fi sh species, the soniferous Hawaiian sergeant
fi sh Abudefduf abdominalis , and review past studies on representative fi sh species
with tuning curves determined by different methods. Next, Dennis Higgs and Craig
Radford examine the potential overlapping roles of the inner ear and the lateral line
for encoding acoustic stimuli in the context of sound communication and other
acoustically driven behaviors. Al Mensinger summarizes the use of chronically
implanted microwire electrodes and telemetry tags for exploring the sensory physiology and multimodal sensory input of the lateral line and inner ear, specifi cally the
utricle, and discusses the need to determine how these sensory systems encode and
integrate similar stimuli. Raquel Vasconcelos, Peter Alderks, and Joe Sisneros then
review the current literature on the development of the fi sh inner ear and provide a
systematic overview of how auditory sensitivity develops during ontogeny. In the
fourth and fi nal part on the morphology and neuroanatomy of the fi sh auditory system, Friedrich Ladich begins with a discussion of the peripheral hearing structures
in catfi shes and cichlids and to what degree the size of the swim bladder and the
linkage to the inner ear affect hearing in these fi shes. Tanja Schulz-Mirbach and
Friedrich Ladich then provide a much needed update on the “state of the art” of
inner ear diversity in teleost fi shes and summarize the current hypotheses on the
evolution of this inner ear diversity. Michael Smith and J.D. Monroe discuss the
current knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of hair cell damage in
teleost fi shes from intense and/or long-term exposure to sound and ototoxic chemicals such as aminoglycoside antibiotics and antineoplasmic agents. Next Alli Coffi n
and John Ramcharitar also review ototoxicity effects in the inner ear and lateral line
systems of fi shes but with an emphasis on neuroethological research aimed at
understanding fi sh sensory function and behavior and in the context of biomedical
studies that may infl uence the clinical use of agents with demonstrated ototoxicity.
Finally, Paul Forlano and Joe Sisneros summarize recent studies on the plainfi n
midshipman ( Porichthys notatus ) that have characterized catecholamine innervation in the central and peripheral auditory system and have tested hypotheses that
innervation of the midshipman auditory system is seasonally plastic and that catecholaminergic neurons are activated in response to conspecifi c vocalizations.
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and evaluate auditory stream segregation. They also present detailed considerations
for experimental design with respect to stimulus presentation and threshold criteria
and how these experimental variables can be used in future studies to investigate
auditory perception in fi shes. In Part III on sensory biology and physiology, Daphne
Soares, Matthew Niemiller, and Dennis Higgs review the current knowledge on
cavefi sh hearing, which has not been well studied, as hearing ability has only been
examined in four species. These authors summarize their own studies on amblyopsid cavefi shes and offer suggestions for future research on these fascinating fi shes.
In the next chapter, Peggy Edds-Walton summarizes her research completed during
collaborations with both Art Popper and Dick Fay on how the toadfi sh ear and central nervous system encode and process biologically relevant sounds and what we
have learned about what the toadfi sh ear tells the toadfi sh brain specifi cally about
the particle motion component of sound. Karen Maruska and Joe Sisneros then
provide one of the fi rst comparisons of auditory threshold curves determined by different recording methods in a single fi sh species, the soniferous Hawaiian sergeant
fi sh Abudefduf abdominalis , and review past studies on representative fi sh species
with tuning curves determined by different methods. Next, Dennis Higgs and Craig
Radford examine the potential overlapping roles of the inner ear and the lateral line
for encoding acoustic stimuli in the context of sound communication and other
acoustically driven behaviors. Al Mensinger summarizes the use of chronically
implanted microwire electrodes and telemetry tags for exploring the sensory physiology and multimodal sensory input of the lateral line and inner ear, specifi cally the
utricle, and discusses the need to determine how these sensory systems encode and
integrate similar stimuli. Raquel Vasconcelos, Peter Alderks, and Joe Sisneros then
review the current literature on the development of the fi sh inner ear and provide a
systematic overview of how auditory sensitivity develops during ontogeny. In the
fourth and fi nal part on the morphology and neuroanatomy of the fi sh auditory system, Friedrich Ladich begins with a discussion of the peripheral hearing structures
in catfi shes and cichlids and to what degree the size of the swim bladder and the
linkage to the inner ear affect hearing in these fi shes. Tanja Schulz-Mirbach and
Friedrich Ladich then provide a much needed update on the “state of the art” of
inner ear diversity in teleost fi shes and summarize the current hypotheses on the
evolution of this inner ear diversity. Michael Smith and J.D. Monroe discuss the
current knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of hair cell damage in
teleost fi shes from intense and/or long-term exposure to sound and ototoxic chemicals such as aminoglycoside antibiotics and antineoplasmic agents. Next Alli Coffi n
and John Ramcharitar also review ototoxicity effects in the inner ear and lateral line
systems of fi shes but with an emphasis on neuroethological research aimed at
understanding fi sh sensory function and behavior and in the context of biomedical
studies that may infl uence the clinical use of agents with demonstrated ototoxicity.
Finally, Paul Forlano and Joe Sisneros summarize recent studies on the plainfi n
midshipman ( Porichthys notatus ) that have characterized catecholamine innervation in the central and peripheral auditory system and have tested hypotheses that
innervation of the midshipman auditory system is seasonally plastic and that catecholaminergic neurons are activated in response to conspecifi c vocalizations.
Prelude to the Anthology to Honor Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay