So small, so loud: extremely high sound pressure level from a pygmy aquatic insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae).

To communicate at long range, animals have to produce intense but intelligible signals. This task might be difficult to achieve due to mechanical constraints, in particular relating to body size. Whilst the acoustic behaviour of large marine and terrestrial animals has been thoroughly studied, very...

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Main Authors: Jérôme Sueur, David Mackie, James F C Windmill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3115974?pdf=render