Animal Behaviour and Behavioural Physiology Prof. Dr. Bernd Kramer Institut für Zoologie Universitaet Regensburg Universitaetsstr. 31 D-93040 Regensburg Email: Bernd.Kramer@biologie.uni-regensburg.de Tel.: +49 (0)941 943 2263 Fax.: +49 (0)941 943 3304 Cooperations with:

English-Language Seminar Winter Term 2011/2012

Research Topics

Electroreception in Fishes

 

African snoutfish (Mormyriformes) and South American knifefish (Gymnotiformes) communicate and locate objects and obstacles with their electric system, consisting of a system for sending signals (electric organ discharges) and receiving them (electroreceptor organs). The electric organ discharges are species-specific, under sexual selection and play a role in mate quality assessment. Electric organ discharges are a useful tool in taxonomic-systematic research in these speciose fish groups.

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Reviews:

Kramer B (1990)Electrocommunication in teleost fishes: Behavior and experiments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp xii-240 - PDF File

Kramer B (1994) Communication behavior and sensory mechanisms in weakly electric fishes. In: Slater PJB, Rosenblatt JS, Snowdon CT, (eds) Advances in the Study of Behavior. Vol 23. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 233-270

Kramer B (1996) Electroreception and communication in fishes. Progress in Zoology, vol. 42. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. pp viii-119 - PDF File

Kramer B (1999) Elektrische Kommunikation bei Nilhechten und Messerfischen. In: Gansloßer U (ed) Spitzenleistungen: Die unglaublichen Fähigkeiten der Tiere. Filander Verlag, Fürth, pp 21-48

Kramer B (2002) Kommunikation mit elektrischen Signalen bei Fischen. Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Biologie in der Schule (PdN-BioS) 51(1):9-15

Kramer, B. (2009a). Electric communication and electrolocation. In M. D. Binder, N. Hirokawa & U. Windhorst (Eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (pp. 1038-1045). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_2913

Kramer, B. (2009b). Electric fish. In M. D. Binder, N. Hirokawa & U. Windhorst (Eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (pp. 1045-1050). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_2915

Kramer, B. (2009c). Electric organ discharge. In M. D. Binder, N.Hirokawa & U. Windhorst (Eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (pp. 1050-1056). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. 10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_2917

Wiltschko, W. & Kramer, B. (2009). Magnetic and electric senses. In M.D. Binder, N. Hirokawa & U. Windhorst (Eds) Encyclopedia ofNeuroscience (pp. 2198-2206). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_3268

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