An action spectrum for the light-dependent inhibition of swimming behavior in newly hatched white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-114

  Loew, Ellis R ^a   Sillman, Arnold J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Emergent behavior; Fish; Photokinesis; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FISH; LARVA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FISHES; LARVA; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031986353     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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