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with the auditory system for acoustic communication, future studies should
analyze the ontogenetic development of the vocal-auditory pathways. In these
studies, a particular focus should be given to highly vocal species exhibiting
vocal differentiation, which might be infl uenced by developmental changes in
the central auditory circuitry.
4. Finally, the effects of the acoustic environment, including sounds from conspecifi cs and self-generated vocalizations, on early development of the fi sh auditory
system remain to be investigated.
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Drs. Richard Fay and Arthur Popper for
their guidance, mentorship and for being role models for young scientists in the fi eld of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics. All three authors (ROV, PWA, and JAS) had the privileged opportunity to
work with Dick Fay. They are very grateful for his patience and thoughtfulness as a mentor, and
for his guidance and kindness over the years. ROV thanks Dick Fay for the opportunity to work in
his laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), for his guidance during her Grass
Fellowship working on directional and frequency sensitivity in the Lusitanian toadfi sh. ROV is
grateful to both Dick Fay and Peggy Edds-Walton for being such an amazing team, for their inspirational work, constant support, and friendship. PWA has also been privileged to work with Dick
Fay at the UC Bodega Marine Lab and has benefi ted greatly from the opportunity to discuss science and learning directly from him. PWA thanks Dick Fay for being such a benevolent teacher
and masterful researcher, and for his availability to sit down and share his knowledge. JAS also had
the privilege of working with Dick on a number of physiology and behavioral experiments since
they fi rst met at the MBL, during the Grass Fellowship of JAS.
All three of the authors would like to thank Art Popper for playing a major role in training virtually everyone active in the fi sh hearing research community. The extensive network of Popper’s
Laboratory of Aquatic Bioacoustics alums has provided a great wealth of knowledge and personal
assistance as we all have “learned the ropes” in the fi sh world.
Research conducted by ROV has been supported by FDCT, Macao (grant FDCT 019/2012/A1),
and MCTES, Portugal (SFRH/BD/30491/2006). Research in the Sisneros Lab was supported by an
NSF grant (IOS 0642214) and a Royal Research Fund grant to JAS and an NIH Auditory
Neuroscience Training Fellowship (NIH NIDCD 2T32DC005361-06) to PWA.
References
Alderks PW, Sisneros JA (2011) Ontogeny of auditory saccular sensitivity in the plainfi n midshipman fi sh ( Poricithys notatus ). J Comp Physiol A 197:387–398
Alderks PW, Sisneros JA (2013) Development of the acoustically evoked behavioral response in
larval plainfi n midshipman fi sh, Porichthys notatus . PLoS One 8, e82182
Amorim MCP, Hawkins AD (2005) Ontogeny of acoustic and feeding behaviour in the grey gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardus . Ethology 111:255–269
Ayer-Le Liver CS, Le Douarin NM (1982) The early development of cranial sensory ganglia and
the potentialities of their component cells studied in quail-chick chimeras. Dev Biol
94:291–310
Baird IL (1974) Anatomical features of the inner ear in submammalian vertebrates. In: Keidel WD,
Neff WD (eds) Handbook of sensory physiology: auditory system. Springer, Berlin,
pp 159–212
Barber VC, Yake KI, Clark VF, Pungur J (1985) Quantitative analyses of sex and size differences
in the macula neglecta and ramus neglectus in the inner ear of the skate, Raja ocellata . Cell
Tissue Res 241:597–605
R.O. Vasconcelos et al.
with the auditory system for acoustic communication, future studies should
analyze the ontogenetic development of the vocal-auditory pathways. In these
studies, a particular focus should be given to highly vocal species exhibiting
vocal differentiation, which might be infl uenced by developmental changes in
the central auditory circuitry.
4. Finally, the effects of the acoustic environment, including sounds from conspecifi cs and self-generated vocalizations, on early development of the fi sh auditory
system remain to be investigated.
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Drs. Richard Fay and Arthur Popper for
their guidance, mentorship and for being role models for young scientists in the fi eld of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics. All three authors (ROV, PWA, and JAS) had the privileged opportunity to
work with Dick Fay. They are very grateful for his patience and thoughtfulness as a mentor, and
for his guidance and kindness over the years. ROV thanks Dick Fay for the opportunity to work in
his laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), for his guidance during her Grass
Fellowship working on directional and frequency sensitivity in the Lusitanian toadfi sh. ROV is
grateful to both Dick Fay and Peggy Edds-Walton for being such an amazing team, for their inspirational work, constant support, and friendship. PWA has also been privileged to work with Dick
Fay at the UC Bodega Marine Lab and has benefi ted greatly from the opportunity to discuss science and learning directly from him. PWA thanks Dick Fay for being such a benevolent teacher
and masterful researcher, and for his availability to sit down and share his knowledge. JAS also had
the privilege of working with Dick on a number of physiology and behavioral experiments since
they fi rst met at the MBL, during the Grass Fellowship of JAS.
All three of the authors would like to thank Art Popper for playing a major role in training virtually everyone active in the fi sh hearing research community. The extensive network of Popper’s
Laboratory of Aquatic Bioacoustics alums has provided a great wealth of knowledge and personal
assistance as we all have “learned the ropes” in the fi sh world.
Research conducted by ROV has been supported by FDCT, Macao (grant FDCT 019/2012/A1),
and MCTES, Portugal (SFRH/BD/30491/2006). Research in the Sisneros Lab was supported by an
NSF grant (IOS 0642214) and a Royal Research Fund grant to JAS and an NIH Auditory
Neuroscience Training Fellowship (NIH NIDCD 2T32DC005361-06) to PWA.
References
Alderks PW, Sisneros JA (2011) Ontogeny of auditory saccular sensitivity in the plainfi n midshipman fi sh ( Poricithys notatus ). J Comp Physiol A 197:387–398
Alderks PW, Sisneros JA (2013) Development of the acoustically evoked behavioral response in
larval plainfi n midshipman fi sh, Porichthys notatus . PLoS One 8, e82182
Amorim MCP, Hawkins AD (2005) Ontogeny of acoustic and feeding behaviour in the grey gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardus . Ethology 111:255–269
Ayer-Le Liver CS, Le Douarin NM (1982) The early development of cranial sensory ganglia and
the potentialities of their component cells studied in quail-chick chimeras. Dev Biol
94:291–310
Baird IL (1974) Anatomical features of the inner ear in submammalian vertebrates. In: Keidel WD,
Neff WD (eds) Handbook of sensory physiology: auditory system. Springer, Berlin,
pp 159–212
Barber VC, Yake KI, Clark VF, Pungur J (1985) Quantitative analyses of sex and size differences
in the macula neglecta and ramus neglectus in the inner ear of the skate, Raja ocellata . Cell
Tissue Res 241:597–605
R.O. Vasconcelos et al.