| Description |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction: On Becoming Aquatic; Chemical Senses; Vision; Hearing; Balance; Mechanoreception; Magnetoreception and Electroreception; Index |
| Summary |
Ranging from crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. It explores the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, and balance that occurred as lineages of reptiles, birds, and mammals returned to aquatic environments |
| Analysis |
adapting to their environment |
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anatomy |
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animal senses |
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animal sensory systems |
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astonishing transition |
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botany and ecology |
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crocodiles |
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electroreception |
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evolutionary adaptation |
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magnetoreception |
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mechanoreception |
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natural sciences |
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neurobiology |
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penguins |
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physiology |
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seals |
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sens organs |
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sensory biology |
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theory of evolution |
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whales |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Aquatic animals -- Sense organs
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Aquatic animals -- Adaptation
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Sense organs -- Evolution
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Aquatic animals -- Adaptation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007039518 |
| ISBN |
9780520934122 |
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0520934121 |
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0520252780 |
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9780520252783 |
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9786612359323 |
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6612359323 |
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