9780387955278-0387955275-Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments

Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments

ISBN-13: 9780387955278
ISBN-10: 0387955275
Edition: 2003
Author: N. Justin Marshall, Shaun P. Collin
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 467 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780387955278
ISBN-10: 0387955275
Edition: 2003
Author: N. Justin Marshall, Shaun P. Collin
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 467 pages

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Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments (ISBN-13: 9780387955278 and ISBN-10: 0387955275), written by authors N. Justin Marshall, Shaun P. Collin, was published by Springer in 2003. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Anatomy (Biological Sciences, Zoology, Evolution, Lakes & Ponds, Nature & Ecology, Natural History, Physiology, Basic Medical Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Anatomy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Research on sensory processing or the way animals see, hear, smell, taste, feel and electrically and magnetically sense their environment has advanced a great deal over the last fifteen years. This book discusses the most important themes that have emerged from recent research and provides a summary of likely future directions.
The book starts with two sections on the detection of sensory signals over long and short ranges by aquatic animals, covering the topics of navigation, communication, and finding food and other localized sources. The next section, the co-evolution of signal and sense, deals with how animals decide whether the source is prey, predator or mate by utilizing receptors that have evolved to take full advantage of the acoustical properties of the signal. Organisms living in the deep-sea environment have also received a lot of recent attention, so the next section deals with visual adaptations to limited light environments where sunlight is replaced by bioluminescence and the visual system has undergone changes to optimize light capture and sensitivity. The last section on central co-ordination of sensory systems covers how signals are processed and filtered for use by the animal.
This book will be essential reading for all researchers and graduate students interested in sensory systems.

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