Warm eyes provide superior vision in swordfishes

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Fritsches, Kerstin A ^a   Brill, Richard W ^b   Warrant, Eric J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIVING; LIGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; DIVING; FLICKER FUSION; LIGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SCOMBROIDEI; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 11844254744     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.064     Document Type: Article

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