Microscopic anatomy of the eye of the deep-diving antarctic Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-174

  Welsch, Ulrich ^a   Ramdohr, Sven ^b   Riedelsheimer, Bernd ^a   Hebel, Rudolf ^a   Eisert, R ^c   Plötz, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Area centralis; Canal of Schlemm; Eye; Photoreceptors; Retina; Seals; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035013637     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1027     Document Type: Article

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