Luminescent properties of fishes from nearshore California basins

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-90

  Mensinger, Allen F ^a   Case, James F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Bioluminescence; Marine biology; Midwater; teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FISH; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; SPECIES; TELEOST; UNITED STATES;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; FISH; FLASH DURATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; PHOTON FLUX;

PACIFIC, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 0031585825     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02719-0     Document Type: Article

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