INDEX 



accommodation, 109-114, 500 



acoustics (see sound) 



acoustico-lateralis systems (see also central 



nervous system), 152, 160-162, 359, 

 597-60] 



afferent coding, 369 



efferent fibers, 363-365 



efferent nerve activity, 363, 365, 367 



mechanoreceptors, 359-369 



nocturnal predation, 516 



vestibular system sensory centers, 363, 

 369 

 Actinopyga, repellents, 262 

 Africa, 7, 545-594 

 Agulhas Current, 546-548 

 Amia, acoustico-lateralis nuclei, 162 

 amine F, 235 

 ampulla 



accommodation, 500 



electric field sensitivity, 500 



electroreception, 493-501 



magnetic field sensitivity, 500 



mechanical sensitivity, 500 



receptor cell responsiveness, 486-490, 

 500 



salinity sensitivity, 500 



sensory epithelium, 484, 488, 491,496 



temperature sensitivity, 500 



zonulae occludentes, 484-485 

 ampulla of Lorenzini, 484-505, 516 



geomagnetic field studies, 519-520, 

 525 

 angel shark (see Squatina) 

 Anguilla, feeding behavior, 516 

 antishark screen, 517 

 Alopias, canals, 347 

 Aplysia, repellents, 260-261, 285 

 Apristurus, 28, 31 

 aqueous humor, 29, 37-40 



composition, 38-39 



dynamics, 39-40 



formations, 39 

 attacks, 5, 251 



incapacitants, 260 

 attractants, 4, 288 



amine F, 235 



olfactory, 235 

 Australia, 7, 529-545, 597 

 Australian school shark (see Galeorhinus) 



basal faces 



responsiveness, 493-494, 496-497 

 batoids 



brain: body ratio, 139, 144-145 



dorsal pallium, 177-178 



hypothalamus, 173 



tecta, 169 



telencephalon, 146, 177 



thalamus, 172 

 Beer, T., 108 

 behavior, 4, 227 



agonistic display, 4, 200, 580, 604 



aggressiveness, 243 



bioelectric field responses, 516-517 



biting, 243, 255, 260 



blindness, 202 



brain relationships, 196-225 



captivity, 613-614 



chain reflexes, 373 



chemoreceptors, 248 



circus movements, 285 



classical conditioning, 197, 200-201 



conditioned reflexes, 219 



courtship and mating, 477, 580, 582 



directional hearing, 408-411 



discrimination learning, 196, 202, 205, 

 208, 216, 220 



dominance, 580 



electric sensitivity 4, 14, 233, 507-528 



EEG effects, 237-250 



electrophysiological data, 219 



electroreceptors, 196 



endothermy, 181 



exploratory, 296-297 



feeding, 234, 288, 510-512, 516 



feeding frenzy, 4, 242, 251, 261, 403, 

 476 



gestation periods, 4 



gill beats, 239-240 



gradient searching, 289, 302 



habituation, 399, 404, 599 



"handedness," 294-295 



instrumental conditioning, 201-202, 

 211 



instrumental discrimination, 196 



klinotaxis, 240 



learned responses, 200-202, 205, 212, 

 215-219,404 



locomotor patterns, 289, 294-320 



migration, 421, 423, 478-479, 530- 

 537, 540, 542, 554 



odor trail response, 516 



optic tectum, 203 



657 



