A difference in optomotor behaviour of two Antarctic nototheniid fishes is correlated with the presence of a choroid rete mirabile and Root effect

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 411-415

  Herbert, Neill A ^a,c   Macdonald, John A ^a   Wells, Rufus M G ^a   Davison, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; VISION;

PAGOTHENIA BORCHGREVINKI; PISCES; TREMATOMUS; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 0038199660     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0498-8     Document Type: Article

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