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The herring swimbladder as a gas reservoir for the acousticolateralis system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. S. Blaxter ,
E. J. Denton  and
J. A. B. Gray
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
E. J. Denton
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
J. A. B. Gray
Affiliation:
Member of the External Scientific Staff of the Medical Research Council.
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The herring, Clupea harengus, in common with other clupeoids, has ducts between the swimbladder and the exterior and has no apparent gas secretion organs. Experiments under pressure show that the central regions of the swimbladder wall are very compliant and collapse as the fish moves deeper in the sea, leaving the end sections patent. Gas is thus always held where it is available to maintain the gas-filled bulla system.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979

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