Electroreception

3/5/02


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Electroreception

Electric field

Electric field properties

Bioelectric fields

Electroreception evolution

Lungfish use bioelectric cues

Electric field production

Electric organ shapes

Electric eel Electrophorus electricus

Ampullary organ

Electroreceptor cells

Black ghost knifefish, Apteronotus albifrons

Brachyhypomus pinnicaudatus

PPT Slide

Electric field of an electric fish

Electric fish

Wave vs pulse EOD species

EOD movies

EOD discharge of Apteronotus leptorhynchus (brown ghost knife fish)

EOD discharge of Eigenmannia virescens (the glass knife fish)

Electrolocation

Electric field modification by objects

Electrical ranging of a sphere

Electrical imaging

Species specific EOD and tuning

EOD courtship

Electrolocation of social signals

Electric field

Author: Jerry Wilkinson

Email: gw10@umail.umd.edu

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