...-based understanding of the effects of artificial light at night. The trade-offs between intensity and spectrum regarding masking behaviors are largely unknown, even for well-studied organisms. We used a custom LED illumination system to document the response of wild-type house mice ( Mus musculus ) to 1...

... a comparatively sensitive audiogram, indicating it has fully functioning aerial hearing despite the constraints of its deep-diving, amphibious lifestyle. Hearing Evoked potentials Masking Noise Soundscape Birds have long been studied for their acoustic capabilities. The call structure...

... and locating prey and predators. Many terrestrial animals increase the amplitude of their acoustic signals to partially compensate for the masking effect of noise (the Lombard response), but it has been suggested that cetaceans almost fully compensate with amplitude adjustments for increasing noise levels...

... for understanding the potential impact of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial invertebrates. Noise pollution Near-field sound Far-field sound Substrate-borne sound Biotremology Animal communication Masking Plasticity Constraints Behavior Anthropogenic acoustic noise (see Glossary) is widely...

... show they hear like other birds. The method provides clear responses, reduced environmental noise and is transferrable to other avian taxa. Noise Auditory Soundscape Evoked potentials Masking Birds are well known for their acoustic communication and their hearing abilities have been...

... =0.0001, N =20; Table 1 ). * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 16 9 2010 © 2010. 2010 cosinor analysis masking melanopsin retinal photoreceptor subterranean The timing of the daily onset of light and dark as well as the annual cycle of changes...

... ecology Myotis myotis gleaning bats passive listening echolocation masking Ambient noise influences the availability and use of acoustic information in animals in many ways. In addition to noises produced by other animals and natural abiotic sources (e.g. wind or running water...

... is controlled by the state of light or dark adaptation similar to masking phenomena in higher vertebrates where light directly regulates motor activity. We propose that regulation of motor activity by photic stimuli in zebrafish larvae serves a behavioral goal of maximizing exposure to well lit environments...

..., and their sound pressure levels determined. Hearing sensitivities were measured under quiet lab conditions and in the presence of these masking noises at levels encountered in the field,using the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) recording technique. The Lusitanian toadfish is a hearing generalist, with best...

... specialists, we chose the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio , Cyprinidae) and for the hearing generalists the European perch ( Perca fluviatilis , Percidae). Data show that the carp's hearing is only moderately masked by the quiet habitat noise level of standing waters (mean threshold shift 9 dB) but is heavily...