Sea snakes (Lapemis curtus) are sensitive to low-amplitude water motions

Zoology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-200

  Westhoff, Guido ^a   Fry, Bryan G ^b   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroreception; Evoked potentials; Mechanoreception; Sea snakes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HYDROPHIINAE; LAPEMIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 23844506453     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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