Atlas of Arthropod Sensory Receptors: Dynamic Morphology in Relation to Function / Edition 1

by Eisuke Eguchi, Yoshiha Tominaga

Overview

The great variety in structure and function of arthropod sensory organs is due to the huge number of species living in spatially and temporally different environments and to great variation in behavioral patterns. This atlas compiles the electron microscopic anatomy of arthropod sensory organophotoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and others in relation to function, behavior, and environment. The authors show how each sensory receptor is finely tuned to detect the necessary information in the arthropods surroundings and how the sensory receptors dynamically change their fine structures according to their functional and adaptational states. In each two-page spread of the book, electron or light micrographs are shown on the right, with diagrammatic illustrations and accompanying text on the left, in a format that is attractive and easy to understand. The atlas thus provides an important bridge between the physiology and morphology of arthropod sensory receptors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784431702337
Publisher:	Springer Japan
Publication date:	02/12/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Vision of Compound Eyes.- Photoreceptor Organs Other Than Compound Eyes.- Photoreceptors and Photo-Environments.- Contact Chemoreceptors.- Olfactory Receptors.- Mechano- and phonoreceptors.- Hygro- and thermoreceptors.