The lateral line is a sensory system that allows fishes to detect weak water motions and
pressure gradients. The smallest functional unit of the lateral line is the neuromast, a …

The development of waterways, for hydropower and other industrial uses, has substantially
altered many of the freshwater habitats of the planet and this has had considerable impact …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

This important volume provides an original synthesis and novel overview of Antarctic fish
biology, detailing the evolution of these fish in some of the most unusual and extreme …

The three-volume work Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This work is much …

Fish brains and sensory organs may vary greatly between species. With an estimated total of
25 000 species, fish represent the largest radiation of vertebrates. From the agnathans to the …

Collective behaviour defines the lives of many animal species on the Earth. Underwater
swarms span several orders of magnitude in size, from coral larvae and krill to tunas and …

Because of the genetic and developmental information available, Danio rerio stands out as
a vertebrate model system in which significant progress in the areas of development and …

The species assemblages of cichlids in the three largest African Great Lakes are among the
richest concentrations of vertebrate species on earth. The faunas are broadly similar in terms …

Fishes are able to detect and perceive the hydrodynamic and physical environment they
inhabit and process this sensory information to guide the resultant behaviour through their …