TY - JOUR
T1 - Minimal model of prey localization through the lateral-line system
AU - Franosch, Jan Moritz P.
AU - Sobotka, Marion C.
AU - Elepfandt, Andreas
AU - van Hemmen, J. Leo
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The clawed frog Xenopus is an aquatic predator catching prey at night by detecting water movements caused by its prey. We present a general method, a “minimal model” based on a minimum-variance estimator, to explain prey detection through the frog’s many lateral-line organs, even in case several of them are defunct. We show how waveform reconstruction allows Xenopus’ neuronal system to determine both the direction and the character of the prey and even to distinguish two simultaneous wave sources. The results can be applied to many aquatic amphibians, fish, or reptiles such as crocodilians.
AB - The clawed frog Xenopus is an aquatic predator catching prey at night by detecting water movements caused by its prey. We present a general method, a “minimal model” based on a minimum-variance estimator, to explain prey detection through the frog’s many lateral-line organs, even in case several of them are defunct. We show how waveform reconstruction allows Xenopus’ neuronal system to determine both the direction and the character of the prey and even to distinguish two simultaneous wave sources. The results can be applied to many aquatic amphibians, fish, or reptiles such as crocodilians.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158101
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158101
M3 - Article
C2 - 14611500
AN - SCOPUS:17144445039
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 15
ER -