Tag Archive: Prof Timothy Leighton

May 07

Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced by signals of differing acoustic complexity

Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced by signals of differing acoustic complexity Author links Helen A.L.CurrieaPaul R.WhitebTimothy G.LeightonbPaul S.Kempa Behavioural Processes Available online 7 May 2021, 104416 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104416 Highlights • We tested how acoustic complexity affects group behaviour of socially shoaling fish. • Fish startled, and altered group swimming speed in …

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Amelia Holgate – Startle responses of goldfish (Carassius auratus) to pure tone acoustic stimuli

Jun 17

Analogies in contextualizing human response to airborne ultrasound and fish response to acoustic noise and deterrents

Research Article Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 37, 010014 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001260 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  Timothy G. Leighton1, Helen A. L. Currie2, Amelia Holgate2, Craig N. Dolder1, Sian Lloyd Jones1, Paul R. White1, and Paul S. Kemp2 Published Online: 17 June 2020 ABSTRACT In assessing the impact of sound on aquatic life, or its potential to guide fauna away …

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Mar 17

Group behavior and tolerance of Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) in response to tones of differing pulse repetition rate

Research Article  Helen A. L. Currie1,b),  Paul R. White2,c),  Timothy G. Leighton2,d), and  Paul S. Kemp1,e) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America > Volume 147, Issue 3 > 10.1121/10.0000910 Published Online: 17 March 2020 ABSTRACT Behavioral guidance systems are commonly used in freshwater fish conservation. The biological relevance of sound to fish and recorded responses to human-generated noise …

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Jan 30

Group behavioral responses of juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to pulsed tonal stimuli in the presence of masking noise.

Currie, H. A. L., White, P., Leighton, T., & Kemp, P. (2019). Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001180 Published Online: 30 January 2020 ABSTRACT Acoustic behavioral deterrent systems are deployed to control range expansion of invasive species, and protect migratory fish from hazardous …

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Nov 23

Influence of resonance-driven bubble clouds on fine-scale behaviour of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Research Article Nicholas Flores Martin Faculty of Eng. and Physical Sciences Water and Environ. Eng. Group, University of Southampton, Timothy G. Leighton, Paul R. White, Paul S. Kemp The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, 2897 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5137053 Published Online: 13 November 2019 ABSTRACT Acoustic-bubble barriers show potential as a management tool for fish …

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