So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)

Jérôme Sueur; David Mackie; James F. C. Windmill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021089

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So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)

Jérôme Sueur ,

* E-mail: sueur@mnhn.fr

Affiliation Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205 CNRS Origine Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Paris, France
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David Mackie,

Affiliation Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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James F. C. Windmill

Affiliation Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)

Jérôme Sueur,
David Mackie,
James F. C. Windmill

Published: June 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021089

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Unit conversions between db (SPL) in air and other media

Posted by jwindmill on 25 Nov 2012 at 18:03 GMT

We the authors would like to confirm that all the db conversions required to compare sound levels in water against those in air were carried out (i.e. reference level and media impedance). In calculating the sound level of the Micronecta scholtzi the 62 dB level reduction was therefore included. We apologise if this was not clear in the paper methods.

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So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)

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Unit conversions between db (SPL) in air and other media

Posted by jwindmill on 25 Nov 2012 at 18:03 GMT