The importance of the lateral line in nocturnal predation of piscivorous catfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2971-2978

  Pohlmann, Kirsten ^a,c   Atema, Jelle ^b   Breithaupt, Thomas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catfish; Gustation; Lateral line; Non visual predation; Prey wake

Indexed keywords

CATFISH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; DENERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SENSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; TASTE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DARKNESS; DENERVATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; OBSERVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSATION; SWIMMING; TASTE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 5444269360     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01129     Document Type: Article

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