Seal whiskers detect water movements [6]

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6690, 1998, Pages 235-236

  Dehnhardt, Guido ^a   Mauck, Björn ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VIBRISSA; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0032537788     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28303     Document Type: Letter

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