Flow sensing in sharks: Lateral line contributions to navigation and prey capture

Flow Sensing in Air and Water: Behavioral, Neural and Engineering Principles of Operation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 127-146

  Gardiner, Jayne M ^a,b   Atema, Jelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

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EID: 84898827792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41446-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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