Polarization vision in cuttlefish - A concealed communication channel?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2077-2084

  Shashar, Nadav ^a   Rutledge, Phillip S ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

cephalopod; communication; cuttlefish; photoreceptor; polarized light; Sepia officinalis; vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029802402     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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