Experimental evidence for electroreception in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Hüttner, Tim , 1990- (VerfasserIn) Dehnhardt, Guido , 1960- (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Bleckmann, Horst , 1948- (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Universität Rostock (Grad-verleihende Institution) Universität Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät (Grad-verleihende Institution) Text theses Text Hochschulschrift 2022 2022 eng electronic resourceremoteComputermedienOnline-Ressource1 Online-Ressource Passive electroreception is the ability to perceive electric fields in water. It is found mainly in different fish species as well as in the monotremes or in the Guiana dolphin. In this dissertation, it was investigated whether bottlenose dolphins also possesses this sensory ability. In a complex behavioral experiment, four dolphins learned to respond reliably to weak electric fields in water. For two of the animals, a detection threshold for direct current and low-frequency alternating current electric fields was determined, establishing passive electroreception as a sensory modality.<eng> vorgelegt von Tim Hüttner GutachterInnen: Guido Dehnhardt (Sensorische und Kognitive Ökologie, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock) ; Horst Bleckmann (Institut für Zoologie, Universität Bonn) Dissertation Universität Rostock 2022 500 570 590 599.5 590 WS 7610 42.84 http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00003951 https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00003951 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00003951-5 https://d-nb.info/1293538663/34 Experimental evidence for electroreception in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)--(DE-627)1819758818 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00003951-5 doi: 10.18453/rosdok_id00003951 oclc: 1345671439 ppn: (DE-627)1817401041