Survival of the Stillest: Predator Avoidance in Shark Embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kempster, Ryan M ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; FREQUENCY MODULATOR; GILL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SHARK; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GILLS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84872201714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052551     Document Type: Article

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