The electric image in weakly electric fish: Perception of objects of complex impedance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 481-492

  Budelli, Ruben ^a   Caputi, Angel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Capacitance detection; Electric image; Electroreception; Mormyrid; Perception; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMPEDANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; MORMYRIDAE;

EID: 0034009940     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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