Photopigment spectral absorbance of Lake Malaŵi cichlids

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1291-1299

  Jordan, R ^a,b   Kellogg, K ^c   Howe, D ^b   Juanes, F ^a   Stauffer Jr , J ^d   Loew, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Microspectrophotometry; Ultraviolet vision; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR BY METHOD; HABITAT; PIGMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33645862877     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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