An electric sense in crayfish?

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Steullet, Pascal ^a,b   Edwards, Donald H ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; ELECTRICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548274437     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066614     Document Type: Article

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