Making sense of electrical sense in crayfish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Patullo, B W ^a   Macmillan, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Electroreception; Invertebrate; Sensory biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSATION;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76149095928     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039073     Document Type: Article

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