Mechanisms controlling the sensitivity of the Limulus lateral eye in natural lighting

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 643-653

  Pieprzyk, A R ^a   Weiner, W W ^a   Chamberlain, S C ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Compound eye; Electroretinogram; Horseshoe crab; Invertebrate vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; LIGHT; LIMULUS; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; HORSESHOE CRABS; LIGHT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0042786683     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0437-8     Document Type: Article

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