THE NEURONAL BASIS OF COMMUNICATION AND ORIENTATION IN THE WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH, EIGENMANNIA .1. COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR OR - SEEKING A CONSPECIFICS RESPONSE

Authors
METZNER W VIETE S
Citation
W. Metzner et S. Viete, THE NEURONAL BASIS OF COMMUNICATION AND ORIENTATION IN THE WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH, EIGENMANNIA .1. COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR OR - SEEKING A CONSPECIFICS RESPONSE, Naturwissenschaften, 83(1), 1996, pp. 6-14
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Naturwissenschaften → ACNP
ISSN journal
00281042
Volume
83
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
6 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-1042(1996)83:1<6:TNBOCA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The communication signals used by the weakly electric knife-fish, Eige nmannia, consist of interruptions of its otherwise continuous, nearly sinusoidal electric organ discharges (EODs). EOD interruptions consist of a low-frequency component occurring during the EOD interruption an d high-frequency transients occurring at the beginning and end of the EOD interruption. These two components stimulate ampullary and tuberou s electroreceptors, respectively.