Abstract
best travels less than a kilometre in clear oceanic water, this is a severe limitation. As a result, aquatic animals often invest more in detecting sound and odour, both of which are effective over long ranges. Some animals can even use changes in the Earth’s magnetic ¢eld to migrate long distances and use electroreception to detect the nervous impulses of otherwise hidden organisms. This collection of short papers, all from leading experts in sensory systems, examines some of the problems facing aquatic animals all which need to detect the world around them and some of the fascinating solutions which have evolved to solve these problems.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
| Pages | 1105 |
| Number of pages | 1327 |
| Volume | 355 |
| Edition | 1401 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 1999 |
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Sensory processing of the aquatic environment : Proceedings of a symposium. / Collin, Shaun Patrick; Marshall, N. Justin.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Vol. 355 1401. ed. 1999. p. 1105.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper
TY - GEN
T1 - Sensory processing of the aquatic environment
T2 - Proceedings of a symposium
AU - Collin, Shaun Patrick
AU - Marshall, N. Justin
PY - 1999/3/21
Y1 - 1999/3/21
N2 - The way in which other animals perceive their environment is very different to our visually dominated sensory experience of the world. This is nowhere more obvious than underwater, and although we now frequently visit this world with SCUBA and submersible, we still mainly attempt to decode underwater information from visual cues. As light may not travel more than a few millimetres in murky water and atbest travels less than a kilometre in clear oceanic water, this is a severe limitation. As a result, aquatic animals often invest more in detecting sound and odour, both of which are effective over long ranges. Some animals can even use changes in the Earth’s magnetic ¢eld to migrate long distances and use electroreception to detect the nervous impulses of otherwise hidden organisms. This collection of short papers, all from leading experts in sensory systems, examines some of the problems facing aquatic animals all which need to detect the world around them and some of the fascinating solutions which have evolved to solve these problems.
AB - The way in which other animals perceive their environment is very different to our visually dominated sensory experience of the world. This is nowhere more obvious than underwater, and although we now frequently visit this world with SCUBA and submersible, we still mainly attempt to decode underwater information from visual cues. As light may not travel more than a few millimetres in murky water and atbest travels less than a kilometre in clear oceanic water, this is a severe limitation. As a result, aquatic animals often invest more in detecting sound and odour, both of which are effective over long ranges. Some animals can even use changes in the Earth’s magnetic ¢eld to migrate long distances and use electroreception to detect the nervous impulses of otherwise hidden organisms. This collection of short papers, all from leading experts in sensory systems, examines some of the problems facing aquatic animals all which need to detect the world around them and some of the fascinating solutions which have evolved to solve these problems.
M3 - Conference paper
VL - 355
SP - 1105
BT - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
ER -