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The Physiology of Low-Frequency Electrosensory Systems

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Electroreception

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  1. Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 06459-0170, USA

    David Bodznick

  2. Leigh Marine Laboratory and School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1020, New Zealand

    John C. Montgomery

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  1. Department of Neurosciences School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0240, USA

    Theodore H. Bullock

  2. Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14583, USA

    Carl D. Hopkins

  3. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  4. Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Bodznick, D., Montgomery, J.C. (2005). The Physiology of Low-Frequency Electrosensory Systems. In: Bullock, T.H., Hopkins, C.D., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Electroreception. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 21. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28275-0_6

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