Daphnia pulex swims towards the most strongly polarized light - A response that leads to 'shore flight'

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3631-3635

  Schwind, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daphnia pulex; Eye movement; Polarization vision; Shore flight; Vision

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 0033428093     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Baylor, E. R. and Smith, F. E. (1953). The orientation of Cladocera to polarized light Am. Nat. 87, 97-101.
2. Frost, J. (1974). Eye movements in Daphnia pulex (de Geer). J. Exp. Biol 62, 175-187.
3. Ivanoff, A. (1974). Polarization measurements in the sea. In Optical Aspects of Oceanography (ed. N. G. Jerlov and E. Steemann Nielsen), pp. 151-175. London: Academic Press.
4. Jander, R. and Waterman, T. H. (1960). Sensory discrimination between polarized light and light intensity patterns by arthropods. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 56, 137-159.
5. Kriska, G., Horvath, G. and Andrikovics, S. (1998). Why do mayflies lay their eggs en masse on dry asphalt roads? Water-imitating polarized light from asphalt attracts Ephemeroptera. J. Exp. Biol. 201, 2273-2286.
6. Schwind, R. (1985). Sehen unter und über Wasser, Sehen von Wasser: Das Sehsystem eines Wasserinsektes. Naturwissenschaften 72, 343-352.
7. Schwind, R. (1995). Spectral regions in which aquatic insects see reflected polarized light. J. Comp. Physiol. A 177, 439-448.
8. Siebeck, O. (1968). 'Uferflucht' und optische Orientierung pelagischer Crustaceen. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 35, 1-118.
9. von Frisch, K. (1949). Die Polarisation des Himmelslichtes als orientierender Faktor bei den Tänzen der Bienen. Experientia 5, 142-148.
10. Waterman, T. H. (1960). Interaction of polarized light and turbidity in the orientation of Daphnia and Mysidium. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 43, 149-172.
11. Waterman, T. H. (1981). Polarization sensitivity. In Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol. VII/6B (ed. H. Autrum), pp. 281-469. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer.
12. Wehner, R. and Rossel, S. (1985). The bee's celestial compass - A case study in behavioural neurobiology. In Fortschritte der Zoologie, Band 31 (ed. B. Hölldobler and M. Lindauer), pp. 11-53. Stuttgart: Fischer.
13. Wildermuth, H. (1998). Dragonflies recognize the water of rendezvous and oviposition sites by horizontally polarized light: A behavioural field test. Naturwissenschaften 85, 297-302.