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Item Details
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ELECTROCOMMUNICATION IN TELEOST FISHES
BEHAVIOR AND EXPERIMENTS |
| By: |
Bernd J. Kramer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£72.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3540519270 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783540519270 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
19 September, 1990 |
| Series: |
Zoophysiology 29 |
| Pages: |
252 |
| Description: |
This volume provides an account of the biology, behaviour and sophisticated sensory capacities of bony fish that generate electric fields. The phylogenetic relationships of the fish taxa involved are discussed as well as the physiology and anatomy of the electrosensory-motor system. |
| Synopsis: |
Some fishes test their environment by generating electric fields outside their bodies (man's first contact with electricity). To send and receive electric signals, one's own or those from a neighbor, is the basis of some bony fishes' unusual sensory capacities that enable them to lead a secret, nocturnal life. This volume provides the reader with a detailed account of these fishes' biology and behavior and their sophisticated sensory capacities. The phylogenetic relationships of the fish taxa involved are discussed as well as the physiology and anatomy of the electrosensory-motor-system and the integration to form an efficient intelligence system. The main emphasis is on the descriptive and experimental analysis of electric communication behavior in a variety of species, including studies of digital signal synthesis. Whenever possible, mechanisms of communication are indicated. |
| Illustrations: |
26 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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