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Science 20 October 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3799, pp. 368 - 370
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3799.368
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Piezoelectric Property of Otoliths

Robert W. Morris 1 and L. R. Kittleman 1

1 Department of Biology and Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon, Eugene

Otoliths of two species of bony fishes have been found to be piezoelectric. Hence, in theory, they constitute a mechanism for depth perception or frequency analysis of sound waves, or both.


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