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ArticleRoyal Society open science2025

Evidence of active sound production by a shark.

Carolin Nieder, Eric Parmentier, Andrew G Jeffs, Craig Radford

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Evidence of active sound production by a shark.Royal Society open science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Carolin NiederDepartment of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5719-1352
Eric ParmentierMorphologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Andrew G JeffsLeigh Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Craig RadfordLeigh Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Leigh, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-9497

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elasmobranchs are an evolutionarily ancient group of cartilaginous fishes that can hear underwater sounds but are not historically viewed as active sound producers. Three recent reports of several species of rays producing clicks in response to approaching divers have cast doubt on this long prevailing view and resulted in calls for more research into sound production in elasmobranchs. This study shows that the rig,

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clicksdistress soundelasmobranchsMustelus lenticulatusrigstartle response

Identifiers

PMID40144284
PMCPMC11937917

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