Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxvi

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2. Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Signals in the Aquatic Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. The Molecular Nature of Chemical Stimuli in the Aquatic Environment

      • William E. S. Carr

      Pages 3-27

   3. Distribution of Chemical Stimuli

      • Jelle Atema

      Pages 29-56

   4. Light and Vision in the Aquatic Environment

      • John N. Lythgoe

      Pages 57-82

   5. Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Field Detection

      • Ad. J. Kalmijn

      Pages 83-130

   6. Underwater Sound as a Biological Stimulus

      • Peter H. Rogers, Mardi Cox

      Pages 131-149

   7. Detection of Weak Electric Fields

      • Ad. J. Kalmijn

      Pages 151-186

3. Behavior: Expectation, Communication, and Sensory Performance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. Behavioral Ecology and Sensory Biology

      • Alan C. Kamil

      Pages 189-201

   3. Sensory Performance, Behavior, and Ecology of Fish

      • John H. S. Blaxter

      Pages 203-232

   4. Social Communication in the Aquatic Environment

      • Carl D. Hopkins

      Pages 233-268

   5. The Comparative Neurology of Expectation: Stimulus Acquisition and Neurobiology of Anticipated and Unanticipated Input

      • Theodore H. Bullock

      Pages 269-284

4. Signal Extraction: Receptor Cells and Sensory Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285

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   2. Chemoreception

      1. The Diversity of Chemoreceptors

         • Michael S. Laverack

         Pages 287-312

      2. Peripheral Filters and Chemoreceptor Cells in Fishes

         • John Caprio

         Pages 313-338

      3. Organization of Chemosensory Systems Within the Brains of Bony Fishes

         • Thomas E. Finger

         Pages 339-363

      4. Chemoreceptor Cells in Aquatic Invertebrates: Peripheral Mechanisms of Chemical Signal Processing in Decapod Crustaceans

         • Charles D. Derby, Jelle Atema

         Pages 365-385

      5. Integration of Chemosensory Information in Aquatic Invertebrates

         • Barry W. Ache

         Pages 387-401

   3. Vision

      1. Vision in Marine Invertebrates

         • Thomas W. Cronin

         Pages 403-418

This volume constitutes a series of invited chapters based on presentations given at an International Conference on the Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals held June 24-28, 1985 at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. The immediate purpose of the conference was to spark an exchange of ideas, concepts, and techniques among investigators concerned with the different sensory modalities employed by a wide variety of animal species in extracting information from the aquatic environment. By necessity, most investigators of sensory biology are specialists in one sensory system: different stimulus modalities require different methods of stimulus control and, generally, different animal models. Yet, it is clear that all sensory systems have principles in common, such as stimulus filtering by peripheral structures, tuning of receptor cells, signal-to-noise ratios, adaption and disadaptation, and effective dynamic range. Other features, such as hormonal and efferent neural control, circadian reorganization, and receptor recycling are known in some and not in other senses. The conference afforded an increased awareness of new discoveries in other sensory systems that has effectively inspired a fresh look by the various participants at their own area of specialization to see whether or not similar principles apply. This inspiration was found not only in theoretical issues, but equally in techniques and methods of approach. The myopy of sensory specialization was broken in one unexpected way by showing limitations of individual sense organs and their integration within each organism. For instance, studying vision, one generally chooses a visual animal as a model.

• Nervous System
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• anatomy
• behavior
• behavioral diversity
• behavioral ecology
• ecology
• environment
• marine invertebrates
• neural mechanisms
• neurobiology
• neurology
• perception
• physiology
• regulation

• Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, USA

  Jelle Atema

• Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University, Chicago, USA

  Richard R. Fay

• Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Arthur N. Popper

• Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, USA

  William N. Tavolga

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