Crayfish respond to electrical fields

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Patullo, Blair W ^a   Macmillan, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 33846606133     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.048     Document Type: Letter

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