smell & taste. magnetoreception. electroreception. Energy & Sensation. Seeing, or Vision ... Light has properties of waves and of particles, called photons. ...
Aggressive encounters: charges. nips. flare fins. lateral ... result of previous encounters. Dominance Hierarchies. often established in interacting groups ...
Sensory and perceptual systems (including their associated mechanisms for ... Convolve with. point spread. Multiply by transmittance. Sum over each receptor aperture ...
All weakly electric fish (knifefish, elephant-nose) Some strongly electric fish (electric eel) ... General insights into evolution of the electric sense ...
Ampullae of Lorenzini detect electrical potentials and ... Important natural history info for management: Grow slowly. Reach sexual maturity late in lives ...
some anadromous. some 'parasitic' micropredators. paired-species. Class Petromyzontida ... Class Chondrichthyes divided into two subclasses. Holocephali and ...
Humans: sight, hearing, touch, smell. Other animals: Bats, dolphins echolocation ... The smell of smoke is an inference drawn from molecules in the air ...
Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) Order Dasyuromorphia. Family Thylacinidae. Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) Largest marsupial carnivore ...
Sensory perception. 1. Olfaction smell. nares - often a pit with a flap of skin. Olfactory rosette structure ... Leptocephali, elver, adults. Migrations: ...
ZZ = M and ZW = F (Poeciliidae & Tilapia spp) some fishes have 3 or more sex chromosomes ... bullhead--both sexes. smallmouth bass--males. end. end. Sensory Perception ...
Animal Kingdom Vertebrates Mammalian Skin, A Hairy Situation Hair is a derivative of the epidermis and is unique to mammals. An animals coat is called pelage.
General characteristics of nekton Larger body size Greater swimming power Most nekton animals are vertebrates, ... up to 54 embryos Viviparity (long longevity) ...
Origin and Diversification of the Vertebrates Vertebrate Characteristics Origin and Diversification of Vertebrates Echinoderms Hemichordata (Acorn Worms) Urochordata ...
Fishes Biology Osmoregulation Chondrichthyes & Sarcopterygii Concentration of solutes in blood similar to seawater (isosmotic) or slightly higher (hyperosmotic)
BIOLOGY 457/657 PHYSIOLOGY OF MARINE & ESTUARINE ANIMALS May 5, 2004 MIGRATION IN THE SEA INTRODUCTION Cues for Migration Marine Animals Use Every Available Sensory ...
Bio Robotic Autonomous Aquatic ... Original Design Original Design Sensor Theory Two Possible Configurations EKG Sensors Need to use sensors in pairs Use second ...
... certain plant materials, at the same time, the catch of game fish was minimized. ... B. Enders, Kt. Applications - Acoustics. Acoustic fish deterrent system ...
Arthropods are different from all other animals because they are eucoelomates with a hard, segmented body. The phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot) consists of most of ...
The Origin and Early Evolution of the Mammals Class Mammalia: ~4800 extant species (extremely diverse in size, form, and lifestyle); exhibit hair, mammary and sweat ...
squid swimming behaviour and its neural control. Course content: ... But 3o giants are weird: each has many small somata (with nuclei) attached to a ...
Large spines in front of each dorsal fin. Length to 4 feet. ... E. postanal tail. 2. Agnathans lack which of the following: A. Paired Fins. B. Jaws ...