Sensory adaptations to the environment: Electroreceptors as a case study

Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 393-433

  Kajiura, Stephen M ^a   Cornett, Anthony D ^b   Yopak, Kara E ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Valencia Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420080483     Document Type: Chapter

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