Pectoral fins aid in navigation of a complex environment by bluegill sunfish under sensory deprivation conditions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3084-3089

  Flammang, Brooke E ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt chloride; Lateral line; Mechanosensor; Obstacle; Proprioception; Vision

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FIN (ORGAN); GILL; LATERAL LINE; MECHANOSENSOR; OBSTACLE; ORIENTATION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SWIMMING; VISION;

COBALT CHLORIDE; LATERAL LINE; MECHANOSENSOR; OBSTACLE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; GILLS; ORIENTATION; PERCIFORMES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84881122188     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.080077     Document Type: Article

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