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INDEX 



chemoreceptors, 252-253 



habituation, 404 



sound attraction, 394, 396, 405 

 rhodopsin, 64, 66, 78, 84, 88 

 RNA (ribonucleic acid), 45-46 



safety precautions by swimmers, 600 

 salmon (see Oncorhynchus) 

 sandbar shark (see Carcharhinus) 

 sand shark (see Odontaspis) 

 Savi vesicles, 352 

 sawfish (see Pristis pectinata) 

 Scyliorhinus, 16, 18, 20-26, 31, 37, 42, 

 45, 118, 122, 564-566 



acoustico-lateralis system, 162, 359 



bioelectric behavior, 508-511 



bipolar cell, 72-73 



brain stem, 148, 360 



brain histology, 362 



canal system, 348-350, 356 



diencephalon, 171 



efferent fibers, 363-364, 366-369 



electrophysiological studies, 333 



evoked potential studies, 232 



experimental data, 184 



feeding responses, 510-512 



hair cell, 338, 340 



"handedness," 294 



hypothalamus, 174 



locomotor behavior, 289, 294, 300 



metabolic regulation, 635 



monitor tank studies, 295-296,298-300 



olfaction— food procurement, 284 



olfactory bulb, 283 



olfactory cells, 278-279 



olfactory epithelium, 283 



olfactory neural pathways, 270-272 



orientation toward food, 287 



pancreas, 624 



pineal organ, 88 



Purkinje cells, 160 



reticular formation, 153-154 



searching movements, 289 



skin receptors, 358-359 



somatic sensory nuclei, 155 



spontaneous discharge, 351-352, 374 



tapetum, 89 



tectum, 169 



tegmentum, 170 



telencephalon, 199, 281-282 



trigeminal nerve, 156 



visual orientation, 85 

 Scyllium 



behavior, 202 



histological alterations, 628-629 



telencephalon, 209 



visual responses, 211 

 sense organs 



behavior, 369-370 



canal organs, 346 



canal system histology, 349 



cupula, 340, 349, 353 



general cutaneus system, 332-337 



mechanoreceptors, 332 



neuromast, 337, 344-346, 349 



pain, 333 



patterns, 347-349 



pit organs, 346 



proprioception, 332, 335, 373-375 



sacculus, 356-357 



special cutaneous system, 332, 337- 

 345 



spontaneous discharge, 355, 351 



temperature, 333 



touch, 370 



utriculus, 356-357 

 sensors, 439-446, 452-455 



acceleration, 444 



body position, 444-445 



data recording, 452-455 



depth, 441-442 



inclination, 444 



light, 440-441 



nonresistive, 445-446 



physiological variables, 444-445 



reduction, 452-455 



swimming direction, 442-443 



swimming speed, 442-443 



temperature, 439 



thermistor, 439 

 sensory biology, 595-608 

 sensory modalities, 508-512, 597-603 

 Shark Chaser, 2, 241, 260-261, 648-650, 



652 

 shark fishing, 604-606 

 shark monitoring tank, 290-295, 302- 



316 

 shark population structure, genetic stud- 

 ies, 537-542 

 Shark Research Panel, 2-3, 651 

 shark species interaction, 576-591 

 sharp-nosed sharks (see Rhizoprionodon) 

 silky sharks (see Carcharhinus) 

 skates (see Raja) 

 skin receptors, 358 

 Society Islands, 598 

 Solomon Islands, 596-597 

 Somali Current, 546 

 Somniosus, canal patterns, 347 

 sonic (see sound) 

 sound (see also behavior) 



