Electric organ discharges of mormyrid fish as a possible cue for predatory catfish

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 286-288

  Hanika, S ^a   Kramer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATFISH; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRORECEPTOR; MATING; MIGRATION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033044034     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050616     Document Type: Article

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