Distribution of Ganglion Cells and Object Localizing Ability in the Retina of Three Cetaceans

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  Murayama, Tsukasa ^a   Somiya, Hiroaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beluga; False killer whale; Field of best vision; Ganglion cell; Pacific white sided dolphin; Visual acuity; Visual axis

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

EID: 0002084146     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.27     Document Type: Article

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