Ontogenetic changes in retinal structure and visual acuity: A comparative study of coral-reef teleosts with differing post-settlement lifestyles

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-322

  Shand, Julia ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apogon doederleini; Fishes; Ontogeny; Photoreceptors; Pomacentrus moluccensis; Stethojulis strigiventer; Upeneus trugula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030971734     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007353003066     Document Type: Article

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