title: Contribution to the Understanding of Particle Motion Perception in Marine Invertebrates.
abstract: Marine invertebrates potentially represent a group of species whose ecology may be influenced by artificial noise. Exposure to anthropogenic sound sources could have a direct consequence on the functionality and sensitivity of their sensory organs, the statocysts, which are responsible for their equilibrium and movements in the water column. The availability of novel laser Doppler vibrometer techniques has recently opened the possibility of measuring whole body (distance, velocity, and acceleration) vibration as a direct stimulus eliciting statocyst response, offering the scientific community a new level of understanding of the marine invertebrate hearing mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. michel.andre@upc.edu.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: André
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan. akaifu@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaifu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. marta.sole@lab.upc.edu.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solé
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. mike.vanderschaar@upc.edu.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Schaar
authors.affiliation: National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki, 314-0408, Japan. akamatsu.tom@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Acoustic and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08222, Terrassa, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. andreu.balastegui@upc.edu.
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balastegui
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. toni.sanchez@lab.upc.edu.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. castell@tsc.upc.edu.
authors.forename: Joan V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Castell
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000502:physiology*; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D004301:Doppler Effect; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D007834:Lasers; D009039:Motion Perception; D014732:Vibration
keywords: Invertebrates; Laser Doppler vibrometer; Particle motion