Accommodation in the cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3127-3134

  Schaeffel, Frank ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^b   Howland, Howard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cuttlefish; Histology; Photoretinoscopy; Physiological optics; Sepia officinalis; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LENS; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EYE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLLUSCA; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033227411     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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