Is the use of underwater polarized light by fish restricted to crepuscular time periods?

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 975-989

  Novales Flamarique, Iñigo ^a   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crepuscular; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Polarized light; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FISH; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OPTIC NERVE; ROTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030944342     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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