Active electrolocation of objects in weakly electric fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1205-1215

  Von Der Emde, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitance detection; Depth perception; Eigenmannia; Electric image; Gnathonemus petersii; Localisation; Object detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032988413     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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