Visual acuity thresholds of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): An electrophysiological approach

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 953-960

  Bartol, Soraya ^a   Musick, John A ^b   Ochs, Alfred L ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Loggerhead sea turtle; Threshold; Vision; Visual acuity; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TURTLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036008948     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-001-0262-x     Document Type: Article

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