Spectral patterns of the iridescence in the males of Sapphirina (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Chae, Jinho ^a,b   Nishida, Shuhei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; SAPPHIRINA;

EID: 0032767149     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000563     Document Type: Article

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