Cuttlefish use polarization sensitivity in predation on silvery fish

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Shashar, Nadav ^a,b   Hagan, Roland ^c   Boal, Jean G ^d,e   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Rutgers University New Jersey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Cephalopods; Countershading; Polarized light; Radiance matching

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FISH; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLARIZATION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FISHES; LIGHT; MOLLUSCA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0033990744     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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