Prey detection in selective plankton feeding by the paddlefish: Is the electric sense sufficient?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1381-1389

  Wilkens, Lon A ^a   Wettring, Barbara ^a   Wagner, Eva ^a   Wojtenek, Winfried ^a   Russell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemia salina; Daphnia magna; Electrosensory; Paddlefish; Planktivore; Polyodon spathula; Prey detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DAPHNIA; ELECTRICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; DAPHNIA; ELECTRICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; MECHANORECEPTORS; PLANKTON; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; POLYODON SPATHULA; SALINA; SPATHULA;

EID: 0035745045     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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