Rearing in different photic and spectral environments changes the optomotor response to chromatic stimuli in the cichlid fish Aequidens pulcher

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1643-1648

  Kröger, Ronald H H ^a,b   Knoblauch, Bettina ^a   Wagner, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aequidens pulcher; Cichlid fish; Color vision; Developmental plasticity; Spectral processing; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOLDFISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; COLOR PERCEPTION; GOLDFISH; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEQUIDENS; AEQUIDENS PULCHER; ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CICHLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037506145     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00337     Document Type: Article

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