Behavioral responses of batoid elasmobranchs to prey-simulating electric fields are correlated to peripheral sensory morphology and ecology

Zoology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-103

  Bedore, Christine N ^a   Harris, Lindsay L ^a   Kajiura, Stephen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoids; Cownose ray; Electroreception; Electrosensory system; Yellow stingray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BATOIDS; CLASSIFICATION; COWNOSE RAY; ECOLOGY; ELASMOBRANCH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSENSORY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; YELLOW STINGRAY;

BATOIDS; COWNOSE RAY; ELECTRORECEPTION; ELECTROSENSORY SYSTEM; YELLOW STINGRAY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84897078526     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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