Electric organ discharges of the gymnotiform fishes: III. Brachyhypopomus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 609-630

  Stoddard, P K ^a   Rasnow, B ^b,c   Assad, C ^b,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Communication; Electric fish; Electrogenesis; Electroreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033150355     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050359     Document Type: Article

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