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Flow Sensing in Air and Water

Behavioral, Neural and Engineering Principles of Operation

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Editors:
  1. Horst Bleckmann

    1. Institute for Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  2. Joachim Mogdans

    1. Institute for Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  3. Sheryl L. Coombs

    1. Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive survey of our knowledge of flow sensory systems
  • Covers morphological variations and function, spatial and temporal characteristics of natural flow stimuli, sensory transduction mechanisms, sensory processing by the peripheral and central nervous system, signal analysis, neuronal modeling and artificial flow sensors
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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In this book, leading scientists in the fields of sensory biology, neuroscience, physics and engineering explore the basic operational principles and behavioral uses of flow sensing in animals and how they might be applied to engineering applications such as autonomous control of underwater or aerial vehicles.

Although humans possess no flow-sensing abilities, countless aquatic (e.g. fish, cephalopods and seals), terrestrial (e.g. crickets and spiders) and aerial (e.g. bats) animals have flow sensing abilities that underlie remarkable behavioral feats. These include the ability to follow silent hydrodynamic trails long after the trailblazer has left the scene, to form hydrodynamic images of their environment in total darkness, and to swim or fly efficiently and effortlessly in the face of destabilizing currents and winds.

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Spatio-Temporal Structure of Natural Water and Air Flow Stimuli

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Natural Hydrodynamic Stimuli

      • Wolf Hanke
      Pages 3-29

    3. Laser-Based Optical Methods for the Sensory Ecology of Flow Sensing: From Classical PIV to Micro-PIV and Beyond

      • Thomas Steinmann, Jérôme Casas
      Pages 31-62

  3. Flow Sensing and Animal Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Role of Flow and the Lateral Line in the Multisensory Guidance of Orienting Behaviors

      • Sheryl Coombs, John Montgomery
      Pages 65-101

    3. Hydrodynamic Imaging by Blind Mexican Cavefish

      • Shane P. Windsor
      Pages 103-125

    4. Flow Sensing in Sharks: Lateral Line Contributions to Navigation and Prey Capture

      • Jayne M. Gardiner, Jelle Atema
      Pages 127-146

    5. Hydrodynamic Perception in Seals and Sea Lions

      • Guido Dehnhardt, Wolf Hanke, Sven Wieskotten, Yvonne Krüger, Lars Miersch
      Pages 147-167

    6. The Slightest Whiff of Air: Airflow Sensing in Arthropods

      • Friedrich G. Barth
      Pages 169-196

    7. Air Flow Sensing in Bats

      • Susanne J. Sterbing-D’Angelo, Cynthia F. Moss
      Pages 197-213

    8. Flies, Optic Flow and Multisensory Stabilization Reflexes

      • Holger G. Krapp
      Pages 215-243

  4. Evolution and Development of Flow Sensors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Lateral Line Morphology and Development and Implications for the Ontogeny of Flow Sensing in Fishes

      • Jacqueline F. Webb
      Pages 247-270

    3. Evolution of Polarized Hair Cells in Aquatic Vertebrates and Their Connection to Directionally Sensitive Neurons

      • Bernd Fritzsch, Hernán López-Schier
      Pages 271-294

    4. Patterning the Posterior Lateral Line in Teleosts: Evolution of Development

      • Alain Ghysen, Hironori Wada, Christine Dambly-Chaudière
      Pages 295-318

    5. Functional Architecture of Lateral Line Afferent Neurons in Larval Zebrafish

      • James C. Liao
      Pages 319-332

  5. Biomechanics and Physiology of Flow Sensors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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    2. Techniques for Studying Neuromast Function in Zebrafish

      • Primož Pirih, Gaston C. Sendin, Sietse M. van Netten
      Pages 335-370

    3. Neuronal Basis of Source Localisation and the Processing of Bulk Water Flow with the Fish Lateral Line

      • Horst Bleckmann, Joachim Mogdans
      Pages 371-395
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Horst Bleckmann

  • Institute for Zoology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Joachim Mogdans

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA

    Sheryl L. Coombs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flow Sensing in Air and Water

  • Book Subtitle: Behavioral, Neural and Engineering Principles of Operation

  • Editors: Horst Bleckmann, Joachim Mogdans, Sheryl L. Coombs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41446-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-41445-9Published: 04 February 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50963-0Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-41446-6Published: 22 January 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 562

  • Number of Illustrations: 123 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurobiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Zoology

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