Exposure to solar radiation may increase ocular UV-filtering in the juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-56

  Nelson, P A ^a,b   Kajiura, S M ^a,c   Losey, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EYE; SHARK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HAWAII; KANE'OHE BAY; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038275975     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0919-1     Document Type: Article

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