Hydrodynamic discrimination of wakes caused by objects of different size or shape in a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1922-1930

  Wieskotten, Sven ^a   Mauck, Björn ^b   Miersch, Lars ^a   Dehnhardt, Guido ^a   Hanke, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Harbour seal; Hydrodynamic perception; Hydrodynamic signature; Shape discrimination; Size discrimination; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOCA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 79957462838     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.053926     Document Type: Article

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