Combining dissimilar senses: Central processing of hydrodynamic and chemosensory inputs in aquatic crustaceans

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Mellon Jr , DeForest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTION; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLUID FLOW; LOBSTER; OLFACTION; SURVIVAL; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; LOBSTER;

EID: 34548285288     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066612     Document Type: Review

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