The directional hearing abilities of two species of bamboo sharks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Casper, Brandon M ^a,b   Mann, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Auditory evoked potentials; Chiloscyllium plagiosum; Chiloscyllium punctatum; Directional hearing; Elasmobranch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOLDFISH; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; GOLDFISH; HEARING; SHARKS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMISCYLLIIDAE;

EID: 33847419629     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02677     Document Type: Article

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