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!Fishes 2
Sensory Perception:Mechanoreception
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
11/10/2009

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mechanoreception
Definition
sensing sound, flow, movement and gravity
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what makes sounds: prey or predators
Definition
especially important in visually limiting environments
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what makes sounds: mates
Definition
much mating behavior is vibratory in fish
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what makes sounds: solid objects
Definition
reflect back waves that can be detected for navigation
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water is incompressible and dense
Definition
sound involves water displacement and pressurization; takes more energy to generate sound in water, but propogates further and faster than in air
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