Zebrafish larvae exhibit rheotaxis and can escape a continuous suction source using their lateral line

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Olszewski, Julia ^b   Haehnel, Melanie ^a   Taguchi, Masashige ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW RATE; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; NEUROMAST; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; RHEOTAXIS; SENSE ORGAN; SUCTION; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; LARVA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTORS; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84860528759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036661     Document Type: Article

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