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Sensitivity to Vibration and Turbulence of Water in Context with Schooling in Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba

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Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology

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The spectrum of water-turbulence generated by Euphausia is dominated by the beat frequency (modulation 2–10 Hz) of pleopods. Records from sensory axons of the antennule nerve revealed a uniform value of particle velocity (0.006 cm/s) effective at threshold of sensory cell activity correlated to the vibratory stimulus(0.5–50 Hz). The characteristic floating posture behavior was calibrated by focussing water vibration onto the animals carapace. Water vibrations (70–150Hz) justabout eliciting the behavior showed a uniform value of particle acceleration (40 cm/s). A potential role of the two systems monitoring water displacement in intraspecific communication during schooling is discussed.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität, Martin Luther King Platz 3, D-2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

  2. Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Columbusstrasse, D-2850, Bremerhaven, Germany

    H. P. Marschall

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 9, CH-4051, Basel, Switzerland

    W.-D. Krenz

  3. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, Germany

    J. Tautz

  4. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Département de Biologie Animale, Université de Genève, 20, rue Ecole de Médecine, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    H. Reichert

  5. Zoology Department, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    B. Mulloney

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Wiese, K., Marschall, H.P. (1990). Sensitivity to Vibration and Turbulence of Water in Context with Schooling in Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba . In: Wiese, K., Krenz, WD., Tautz, J., Reichert, H., Mulloney, B. (eds) Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5689-8_13

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