Publications:
Sprague, M. W., "The single sonic muscle twitch model for the sound-production mechanism in the weakfish, Cynoscion regalis," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 108 (5) pp. 2430-2437 (2000).
Luczkovich, J. J., Daniel, H. J., III, Hutchinson, M., Jenkins, T., Johnson, S. E., Pullinger, R. C., and Sprague, M. W., "Sounds of sex and death in the sea: bottlenose dolphin whistles suppress mating choruses of silver perch," Bioacoustics, 10 (4) pp. 323-334 (2000).
Sprague, M. W., Luczkovich, J. J., Pullinger, R. C., Johnson, S. E., Jenkins, T., and Daniel, H. J., III, "Using spectral analysis to identify drumming sounds of some North Carolina fishes in the family Sciaenidae, " Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 116 (2) pp. 124-145 (2000)
Luczkovich, J. J., Sprague, M. W.; Johnson, S. E., and Pullinger, R. C., "Delimiting spawning areas of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (family Sciaenidae) in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina using passive hydroacoustic surveys, " Bioacoustics, 10 (2) pp. 143-160 (1999).
Sprague, M. W., and Luczkovich, J. J., "Do striped cusk-eels Ophidion marginatum (Ophidiidae) produce the 'chatter' sound attributed to weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Sciaenidae)?" Accepted by Copeia (In Press)
Sprague,M. W., Raspet, R., Bass, H. E., Sabatier, J. M.,"Low frequency acoustic ground impedance measurement techniques," Appl.Acoust., 39, 307-325 (1993).
Sprague, M. W., Raspet, R., Ostashev, V. E., "Crosswind effects on acoustic propagation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 94, p.1872 (1993).