Development of the visual system and inferred performance capabilities of larval and early juvenile scombrids

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-98

  Margulies, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Larvae; Retina; Scombrid; Tectum; Visual

Indexed keywords

AUXIS; EUTHYNNUS LINEATUS; SCOMBEROMORUS SIERRA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 0002492093     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249709379018     Document Type: Article

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