Jelle Atema SENSORY BIOLOGY OF AQUATIC ANIMALS 1988 First ed LIKE NEW! Hardcover

Description: Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals Edited by Jelle Atema, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, and William N. Tavolga New York: Springer-Verlag, (1988). First edition. A collection of 34 scientific papers presented at the International Conference on the Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals, held on June 24-28, 1985 at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. Presentations deal with several cutting-edge sensory modalities employed by a wide variety of animal species in extracting information from the aquatic environment. Some of the multidisciplinary papers included are: "Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Signals in the Aquatic Environment", "Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Field Detection", "The Diversity of Chemoreceptors", "How to Be Unseen: An Essay in Obscurity", "Surface Wave Reception in Invertebrates and Vertebrates", and "Central Connections of the Octavolateralis System: Evolutionary Considerations". Profusely illustrated with charts, graphs, diagrams and photographic illustrations. State-of-the-art information in this area of animal neurobiology. Frontispiece is a group photograph of conference participants. Olive green covers with white titles and decoration to front and spine; decoration is full wrap-around on covers. Quarto; size is 6-3/4" by 9-3/4" by 2"; 936 pages; author, animal and subject indexes. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!

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