Sharks can detect changes in the geomagnetic field

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-130

  Meyer, Carl G ^a   Holland, Kim N ^a   Papastamatiou, Yannis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Compass sense; Elasmobranch; Magnetoreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETICS; SHARKS;

EID: 31544477281     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2004.0021     Document Type: Article

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