SEMICIRCULAR CANAL AND OTOLITHIC ORGAN FUNCTION IN FREE SWIMMING FISH.

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Abstract:

The report analyzes the physical forces acting on fish swimming in bowls at the end of an arm of a centrifuge. From these analyses, the corrective forces of the fish are determined and their magnitudes and directions are evaluated. Under the experimental conditions, the horizontal semicircular canals play no effective part in fish orientation. The other pairs of canals are moderately or extremely important. Author

Author(s):
Howland, Howard Chase
Author Organization(s):
MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FUER VERHALTENSPHYSIOLOGIE SEEWIESEN (WEST GERMANY)
Descriptive Note:
Doctoral thesis,
Pagination:
0235

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFOSR-68-2150
Contract/Grant Number(s):
AF-EOAR-44-64
Task Number(s):
97701
Project Number(s):
AF-9777
Monitor Series:
68-2150
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*SEMICIRCULAR CANALS, *FISHES), SWIMMING, BEHAVIOR, MOTION, EQUILIBRIUM(PHYSIOLOGY), PERCEPTION, PATTERN RECOGNITION, DIRECTION FINDING, RESPONSE(BIOLOGY), ROTATION, STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY), MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, THESES, WEST GERMANY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Anatomy and Physiology
Report Date:
1968 Sep 01