Spectral sensitivity of the Hawaiian saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey, and implications for visually mediated behaviour on coral reefs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-442

  Barry, Karen L ^a,b   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour pattern; Fish vision; Luminance and spectral contrast; On and off pathways; Spectral reflectance; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CORAL REEF; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CUE;

THALASSOMA DUPERREY;

EID: 0033387537     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007556112449     Document Type: Article

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