Electrocommunication in Teleost Fishes - Behavior and Experiments (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Zoophysiology, 29
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1990
Authors:	Bernd Kramer
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-84028-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
LSN:	3-642-84028-0
Barcode:	9783642840289

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