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Bastian, Joseph, Staphanie Schniederjan, and Jerry Nguyenkim. 2001. Aginine Vasotocin modulates a sexually dimorphic communication behavior in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 204 (11): 1909-1923.

Budelli, Ruben, and Angel A. Caputi. 2000. The electric image in weakly electric fish: perception of objects of complex impedance. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203:481-492.

Hopkins, Carl D. 1972. Sex differences in electric signaling in electric fish. Science, New Series. 176(4038): 1035-1037.

Hopkins, Carl D., and Andrew H. Bass. 1981. Temporal coding of species recognition in an electric fish. Science, New Series. 212 (4490): 85-87.

Kalmijn, Ad. J. 1982. Electric and magnetic field detection in Elasmobranch fishes. Science, New Series. 218(4575) 916-918.

Nelson, Mark E. and Malcolm A. Maciver. 1999. Prey capture in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus albifrons: sensory acquisition strategies and electrosensory consequences. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202: 1195-1203.

Schmidt-Neilsen, Knut. 2001. Animal Physiology. Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.

Trifenbach, Frank, and Harold Zakon. 2002. Effects of sex, sensitivity and status on cue recognition in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus. Animal Behavior. 65(1): 19-28.

von der Emde, Gerhard. 1999. Active Electrolocation of objects in weakly electric fish. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202:1205-1215.

Wilkens, Lon A., David F. Russell, Xing Pei, and Craig Gurgens. 1997. The paddlefish rostrum functions as an electrosensory antenna in plankton feeding. Proceedings: Viological Sciences. 264(13889): 1723-1729.

Yoder, J. B. 2002. The 'Sixth Sense' of Weakly Electric Fish. H2G2. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A735004> Accessed Oct 10 2003.

 

Internet Works

Bailey, Dan, Kaile Neuschatz, and Bob Sandheinrich. 2002 The Amazing Electric Eel. <http://wildcat.phys.nwu.edu/classes/2002Fall/Phyx135-2/Projects/Electric_eel/homepage.html> Accessed Oct 10 2003.

Field, Simon Quellen. Chapter 8: biology <http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/biology/electric_fish/electric_fish.html> Accessed Oct. 15, 2003.

Gerrow, Elizabeth. 2002. Electric Fish. ANEMAW Animal Electromagnetism and Waves
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Kawasaki, Masashi. What is an electric fish? University of Virgina. <http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk3u/mk_lab/electric_fish_E.htm> Accessed Oct. 15 2003.

Nelson Lab. Electric Fish. <http://soma.npa.uiuc.edu/labs/nelson/electric_fish.html> Accessed Oct. 15 2003.

 

Images

Field, Simon Quellen. Chapter 8: biology <http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/biology/electric_fish/electric_fish.html> Accessed Oct. 15, 2003.

Fink, William. Toledo Aquarium Visit. <http://www.umich.edu/~bio440/TOLEDOTRIP.HTML> Accesses Oct. 10 2003.

Kawasaki, Masashi. What is an electric fish? University of Virgina. <http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk3u/mk_lab/electric_fish_E.htm> Accessed Oct. 15 2003.

Natures Images. 2003. Paddlefish. <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.tmm.utexas.edu/tnhc/fish/na/polyodon/polyodon/pspathul/pspathu1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/tnhc/fish/na/polyodon/polyodon/pspathul/i_pspath.shtml&h=369&w=600&prev=/images?q=paddlefish&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>. Accessed Oct. 20 2003.

Tropical Tank. 2003. Elephantnose. <http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/elephnos.htm> Accessed Oct. 18 2003.

WhoZoo. Electric Fish. <http://www.whozoo.org/gallery.htm>. Accessed Oct. 17 2003.

 

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