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Michelle Herman, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Lotidae
Genus:
Lota
Species:
lota
Common:
Burbot
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
Hawkins, A. D., Rasmussen, K. J. 1978. The Calls of Gadoid Fish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 58(4): 891-911.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Cott, P. A. 2013. Life History and Reproductive Ecology of a Mid-Winter Spawner: The Burbot (Lota lota). PhD Dissertation, Laurentian University.
Grabowski, T., Young, S. P., Cott, P. A. 2019. Looking for Love Under the Ice: Using Passive Acoustics to Detect Burbot (Lota lota: Gadidae) Spawning Activity. Freshwater Biology, 65(1): 37-44.
Cott, P. A., Johnston, T. A., Gunn, J. M. 2013. Sexual Dimorphism in an Under-Ice Spawning Fish: The Burbot (Lota lota). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91(10): 732-740.
Cott, P. A., Hawkins, A. D., Zeddies, D., Martin, B., Johnston, T. A., Reist, J. D., Gunn, J. M., Higgs, D. M. 2014. Song of the Burbot: Under-Ice Acoustic Signaling by a Freshwater Gadoid Fish. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40(2): 435-440.
Protasov, V. R., Romanenko, E. V. 1962. [Sounds Emitted by Some Fish, and Their Signal Importance]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 41(10): 1516-1528.
Dubois, J., Dziedzic, A. 1989. L'Acoustique Passive Appliquée à l'Étude du Comportement des Corégones (Coregonus sp. et C. lavaretus) durant la Reproduction en Milieu Naturel [Underwater Sound Detection Applied to Aquatic Ethology: Some Results on Coregonids and Charr Spawing Sites in Two Subalpine Lakes]. Revue des Sciences de l'Eau, 2(4): 847-858.