On the electrodetection threshold of aquatic vertebrates with ampullary or mucous gland electroreceptor organs

Biological Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-373

  Peters, Rob C ^a   Eeuwes, Lonneke B M ^a   Bretschneider, Franklin ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2AFC; Behaviour; Electric field; Electrophysiology; Electroreception; Geomagnetic field; Orientation; Response criterion; Sensitivity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BENTHOS; BIOENERGY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FISH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FISHES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447311689     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2007.00015.x     Document Type: Review

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