Shade-seeking behaviour under polarized light by the brittlestar Ophioderma brevispinum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-763

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a   Kier, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ECHINODERMATA; OPHIODERMA BREVISPINUM;

EID: 0032799955     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000940     Document Type: Article

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