Group cohesion in juvenile weakly electric fish Mormyrus rume proboscirostris

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-502

  Khait, V ^a   Tahiraj, E ^a   Seemungal, N ^a   Breakstone, S ^a   Moller, P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Mormyridae; Sensory bases; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MORMYRIDAE; MORMYRUS RUME;

EID: 70349308637     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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