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- Sensory Evolution on the Threshold: Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
From crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this comprehensive and authoritative synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. Together, the contributors explore the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, mechanoreception, magnetoreception, and electroreception that occurred as lineages of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals returned to aquatic environments. Each chapter integrates data from fields including sensory physiology, anatomy, paleontology, and neurobiology. A one-stop source for information on the sense organs of secondarily aquatic tetrapods, Sensory Evolution on the Threshold sheds new light on both the evolution of aquatic vertebrates and the sensory biology of their astonishing transition.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Contributors
- p. vii
- Chemical Senses
- Vision
- 8. The Physics of Light in Air and Water
- pp. 113-119
- Hearing
- 11. The Physics of Sound in Air and Water
- pp. 175-181
- 13. Hearing in Aquatic Mammals
- pp. 211-224
- Balance
- 14. The Physics and Physiology of Balance
- pp. 227-232
- Mechanoreception
- Magnetoreception and Electroreception
- 19. Magnetoreception
- pp. 317-324
- 20. Electroreception
- pp. 325-332
- 21. Toward an Integrative Approach
- pp. 333-340
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520934122
Related ISBN(s)
9780520252783
MARC Record
OCLC
502012650
Pages
358
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No