Spectral sensitivity of the two-spotted goby Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius): A physiological and behavioural study

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2034-2041

  Utne Palm, Anne C ^a   Bowmaker, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gobiusculus flavescens; Optomotor response; Reaction distance; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LENS; LIGHT; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIUSCULUS FLAVESCENS;

EID: 33745614876     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02171     Document Type: Article

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