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Scientists carrying out a population and species survey using electrofishing equipment. Electrofishing is a fishing technique that uses direct current electricity flowing between a submerged cathode and anode. This affects the movements of nearby fish so that they swim toward the anode, where they can be caught or stunned.
University of Pennsylvania, Bard College, University of Michigan (Ph.D. in English, 1963) Occupation (s) Professor, publisher, writer, and fly-fisherman. Known for. Lyons Press. Nick Lyons (born 1932) is a fly-fisherman and angler who wrote for several magazines, published several books, and began a publishing company called Lyons Press.
Michael Faraday's diagram of the setup for his "Experimental Researches in Electricity" on the electric eel, 1838. The fish is in a circular wooden tub in shallow water. He noted that the strongest shock was obtained when both hands or a pair of copper paddles were placed in the water, at positions 1 and 8, i.e. by the head and tail of the fish ...
Electric fish produce their electrical fields from an electric organ. This is made up of electrocytes, modified muscle or nerve cells, specialized for producing strong electric fields, used to locate prey, for defence against predators, and for signalling, such as in courtship. Electric organ discharges are two types, pulse and wave, and vary ...
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Babe Winkelman (born April 24, 1949) is an American sportsman and television producer, known for television programs about hunting and fishing.His program Good Fishing was first syndicated internationally in the mid-1980s. [3]
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court upheld large portions of an expansive New York state gun control law on Thursday, saying the state can ban people from carrying weapons in "sensitive ...
A battery charger, recharger, or simply charger, [1][2] is a device that stores energy in an electric battery by running current through it. The charging protocol—how much voltage, current, for how long and what to do when charging is complete—depends on the size and type of the battery being charged. Some battery types have high tolerance ...