How lobsters, crayfishes, and crabs locate sources of odor: Current perspectives and future directions

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 721-727

  Grasso, Frank W ^a   Basil, Jennifer A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMIMETICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRAB; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; LOBSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMELLING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; ODORS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; ROBOTICS; SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036904799     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00388-4     Document Type: Review

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