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Prelude to the Anthology to Honor
Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay
A special symposium was held on 25 May 2013 at the Mote Marine Laboratory in
Sarasota, Florida, USA, to honor the long and illustrious careers of Drs. Richard
R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper. During the past 38 years, Drs. Popper and Fay have
made substantial research contributions to the fi eld of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics,
which include Richard Fay’s elegant psychoacoustic and physiology experiments
on fi sh hearing and Arthur Popper’s seminal electron and light microscopy research
on fi sh inner ear structure. The work of Fay and Popper spans multiple disciplines
and topics including the ototoxicity, development and regeneration of hair cells,
sound communication and directional hearing in fi shes, and the effects of underwater noise on aquatic life. In addition to their many “classic” review papers, which
had major impacts on the fi eld of fi sh hearing, Popper and Fay have also made
important contributions to the understanding of broader issues in the fi elds of animal bioacoustics and auditory neuroscience through the many conferences they
have organized and books edited in the 50 plus volumes of the Springer Handbook
of Auditory Research , of which Fay and Popper are the founding (and current)
series editors.
At the formal one-day symposium in Sarasota, FL (Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ,
10 , 11 , 12 , and 13 ), there were 12 presentations that covered a wide range of topics
on fi sh bioacoustics and hearing including a number of presentations by former
graduate students, postdocs, and colleagues who reviewed the historical contributions of “Art” Popper and “Dick” Fay and traced their academic heritage to Dick
and Art in terms of both research and training. From the original talks and posters
presented at the symposium plus a few additional contributions, an anthology of 15
book chapters were contributed for this volume in Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology . We asked the authors of this volume to include in their chapters a signifi cant review of their area of study and conclude with 3–5 “burning questions” that should be addressed in future studies. It is hoped that this anthology of
papers will provide the inspiration and impetus for young (and old) scientists to
continue the study of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics in future studies.
Prelude to the Anthology to Honor
Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay
A special symposium was held on 25 May 2013 at the Mote Marine Laboratory in
Sarasota, Florida, USA, to honor the long and illustrious careers of Drs. Richard
R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper. During the past 38 years, Drs. Popper and Fay have
made substantial research contributions to the fi eld of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics,
which include Richard Fay’s elegant psychoacoustic and physiology experiments
on fi sh hearing and Arthur Popper’s seminal electron and light microscopy research
on fi sh inner ear structure. The work of Fay and Popper spans multiple disciplines
and topics including the ototoxicity, development and regeneration of hair cells,
sound communication and directional hearing in fi shes, and the effects of underwater noise on aquatic life. In addition to their many “classic” review papers, which
had major impacts on the fi eld of fi sh hearing, Popper and Fay have also made
important contributions to the understanding of broader issues in the fi elds of animal bioacoustics and auditory neuroscience through the many conferences they
have organized and books edited in the 50 plus volumes of the Springer Handbook
of Auditory Research , of which Fay and Popper are the founding (and current)
series editors.
At the formal one-day symposium in Sarasota, FL (Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ,
10 , 11 , 12 , and 13 ), there were 12 presentations that covered a wide range of topics
on fi sh bioacoustics and hearing including a number of presentations by former
graduate students, postdocs, and colleagues who reviewed the historical contributions of “Art” Popper and “Dick” Fay and traced their academic heritage to Dick
and Art in terms of both research and training. From the original talks and posters
presented at the symposium plus a few additional contributions, an anthology of 15
book chapters were contributed for this volume in Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology . We asked the authors of this volume to include in their chapters a signifi cant review of their area of study and conclude with 3–5 “burning questions” that should be addressed in future studies. It is hoped that this anthology of
papers will provide the inspiration and impetus for young (and old) scientists to
continue the study of fi sh hearing and bioacoustics in future studies.