Publications of William N. Tavolga

(note, this may not be a complete list)

  • Atema, J., Fay, R. R., Popper, A. N., and Tavolga, W. N. 1988. Sensory biology of aquatic animals, Springer New York, NY:

  • Blinick, G., Tavolga, W. N., and Antopol, W. 1971. Variations in birth cries of newborn infants from narcotic-addicted and normal mothers. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 110: 948-958.

  • Jacobs, D. W., and Tavolga, W. N. 1966. 94 years of progress? Science, 154: 725.

  • Jacobs, D. W., and Tavolga, W. N. 1967. Acoustic intensity limens in the goldfish. Animal Behaviour  15: 324-335.

  • Jacobs, D. W., and Tavolga, W. N. 1968. Acoustic frequency discrimination in the goldfish. Animal Behaviour, 16: 67-71.

  • Lanyon, W. E., and Tavolga, W. N. 1960. Animal sounds and communication.

  • Mann, D. A., Higgs, D. M., Tavolga, W. N., Souza, M. J., and Popper, A. N. 2001. Ultrasound detection by clupeiform fishes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109: 3048-3054.

  • Popper, A. N., Hawkins, A. D., Fay, R. R., Mann, D. A., Bartol, S., Carlson, T. J., Coombs, S., et al. 2014. ASA S3/SC1. 4 TR-2014 Sound Exposure Guidelines for Fishes and Sea Turtles: A Technical Report prepared by ANSI-Accredited Standards Committee S3/SC1 and registered with ANSI, Springer, New York.

  • Popper, A. N., and Tavolga, W. N. 1981. Structure and function of the ear in the marine catfish, Arius felis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 144: 27-34.

  • Tavolga, W. 1964a. Sonic characteristics and mechanisms in marine fishes. Marine bio-acoustics, 1: 195-211.

  • Tavolga, W. 1968a. Fishes, in “Animal Communication”(TA Sebeok, ed.) pp. 271–288. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

  • Tavolga, W. 1970. Levels of interaction in animal communication.

  • Tavolga, W. 1973. Sensory parameters in communication among coral reef fishes. The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York, 41: 324-340.

  • Tavolga, W. 1976a. Recent advances in the study of fish audition. Sound reception in fishes. Benchmark papers in animal behavior, 7: 37-52.

  • Tavolga, W. 1976b. Sound Reception in Fishes: Benchmark Papers in Animal Behavior, Vol. 7, Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Stroudsburg, PA.

  • Tavolga, W. 1977a. Sound Production in Fishes: Benchmark Papers in Animal Behavior, Vol. 9, Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Stroudsburg, PA.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1949. Embryonic development of the platyfish (Platypoecilus), the swordtail (Xiphophorus), and their hybrids. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 94, article 4.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1950. Development of the gobiid fish, Bathygobius soporator. Journal of Morphology, 87: 467-492.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1954a. Marine fish eggs as experimental material. Trans N Y Acad Sci, 17: 12-18.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1954b. Reproductive behavior in the gobiid fish Bathygobius soporator. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 104, article 5.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1955. Effects of gonadectomy and hypophysectomy on prespawning behavior in males of the gobiid fish, Bathygobius soporator. Physiological Zoology: 218-233.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1956a. Pre-spawning behavior in the gobiid fish, Bathygobius soporator. Behaviour: 53-74.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1956b. Visual, chemical and sound stimuli as cues in the sex discriminatory behavior of the gobiid fish, Bathygobius soporator Zoological 41: 49-64.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1958a. The significance of underwater sounds produced by males of the gobiid fish, Bathygobius soporator. Physiological Zoology: 259-271.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1958b. Underwater sounds produced by males of the blenniid fish, Chasmodes bosquianus. Ecology, 39: 759-760.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1958c. Underwater sounds produced by two species of toadfish, Opsanus tau and Opsanus beta. Bulletin of Marine Science, 8: 278-284.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1962. Mechanisms of sound production in the ariid catfishes Galeichthys and Bagre. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 124, article 1.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1964b. Marine bio acoustics, Pergamon Press, Oxford.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1965. Review of marine bio acoustics. 100 pp.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1966a. The Audio-Ichthyotron--the evolution of an instrument for testing the auditory capacities of fishes. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, 28: 706-712.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1966c. Marine bioacoustics. Science, 153: 771-773.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1967a. Marine bio acoustics, II, Pergamon Press, Oxford.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1967b. Masked auditory thresholds in teleost fishes. In Marine bio acoustics, II Ed. by W. N. Tavolga. Pergamon Press, Oxford.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1967c. SIGNIFICANCE OF UNDERWATER SOUND IN FISHES.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1968b. MARINE ANIMAL DATA ATLAS.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1969. Principles of animal behavior.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1971a. Acoustic orientation in the sea catfish, Galeichthys felis. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 188: 80-97.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1971c. Sound production and detection. In Fish physiology, pp. 135-205. Ed. by W. S. Hoar, and D. J. Randall. Academic Press, New York.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1974a. Application of the concept of levels of organization to the study of animal communication. In Nonverbal Communication, pp. 51-76. Springer.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1974b. Sensory parameters in communication among coral reef fishes. Mt Sinai J Med, 41: 324-340.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1974c. Signal-noise ratio and the critical band in fishes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 55: 1323-1333.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1976c. Acoustic obstacle detection in the sea catfish (Arius felis). Sound reception in fish: 185-204.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1976d. Chemical stimuli in reproductive behavior in fish: communication. Experientia, 32: 1093-1095.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1977b. Behavioural thresholds for diffuse illumination in the goldfish. J Exp Biol, 67: 89-96.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1977c. Mechanisms for directional hearing in the sea catfish (Arius felis). Journal of Experimental Biology, 67: 97-115.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1980. Hearing and sound production in fishes in relation to fisheries management. In Fish behavior and its use in the capture and culture of fishes. ICLARM Conference Proceedings, pp. 102-123.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 1981. Retrospect and prospect—listening through a wet filter. In Hearing and sound communication in fishes, pp. 573-588. Springer.

  • TAVOLGA, W. N. 1982. Auditory acuity in the sea catfish (Arius felis). Journal of Experimental Biology, 96: 367-376.

  • TAVOLGA, W. N. 1983. Theoretical principles for the study of communication in cetaceans. Mammalia, 47: 3-26.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 2002. Fish bioacoustics: A personal history. Bioacoustics, 12: 101-104.

  • Tavolga, W. N. 2012. Listening Backward: Early Days of Marine Bioacoustics. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, pp. 11-14. Springer.

  • Tavolga, W. N., and Jacobs, D. W. 1971. Scotopic thresholds for monochromatic light in the cichlid fish, Tilapia Heudelotii macrocephala. Vision Res, 11: 713-717.

  • Tavolga, W. N., Popper, A. N., and Fay, R. R. 1981. Hearing and sound communication in fishes, Springer-Verlag, New York. xvi, 608 p. pp.

  • Tavolga, W. N., and Rugh, R. 1947. Development of the platyfish, Platypoecilus maculatus. Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 32: 1-15.

  • Tavolga, W. N., and Steinberg, J. C. 1961. Marne Animal Sounds. Science, 134: 288.

  • Tavolga, W. N., and Wodinsky, J. 1963. Auditory capacities in fishes: pure tone thresholds in nine species of marine teleosts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 126: 177-240.

  • Tavolga, W. N., and Wodinsky, J. 1965. Auditory capacities in fishes: Threshold variability in the blue-striped grunt, Haemulon sciurus. Animal Behaviour, 13: 301-311.

  • Wodinsky, J., and Tavolga, W. 1964. Sound detection in teleost fishes. Marine bio-acoustics: 269-280.