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Multimodal Torus in the Weakly Electric Fish Eigenmannia
Scheich, Henning; Ebbesson, Sven O. E.
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Paperback. Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology. Num Pages: 80 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 153.
Ever since the behavioral work of Lissrnann (1958), who showed that the weak electric discharges of some families of fish (hitherto considered useless for prey capture or for scaring away enemies) are part of a strange sensory system, these fish have attracted attention from biologists. The subsequent discovery of the electroreceptors in the skin of gymnotids and mormyrids (Bullock et al. 1961; Fessard and Szabo 1961) and the evidence that the ampullae of Lorenzini of nonelectric sharks and rays are also electro- receptors (Digkgraaf and Kalmijn 1962) was a start for a lively branch of physiological, anatomical, and behavioral research. ... Read more
Ever since the behavioral work of Lissrnann (1958), who showed that the weak electric discharges of some families of fish (hitherto considered useless for prey capture or for scaring away enemies) are part of a strange sensory system, these fish have attracted attention from biologists. The subsequent discovery of the electroreceptors in the skin of gymnotids and mormyrids (Bullock et al. 1961; Fessard and Szabo 1961) and the evidence that the ampullae of Lorenzini of nonelectric sharks and rays are also electro- receptors (Digkgraaf and Kalmijn 1962) was a start for a lively branch of physiological, anatomical, and behavioral research. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540125174
SKU
V9783540125174
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