Otolith morphology and hearing abilities in cave- and surface-dwelling ecotypes of the Atlantic molly, Poecilia mexicana (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)

Hearing Research

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Schulz Mirbach, Tanja ^a   Ladich, Friedrich ^b   Riesch, Rüdiger ^c   Plath, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; POECILIA MEXICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTRICLE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; LIGHT; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; POECILIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954176785     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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