The spatial pattern of bioluminescent flashes in the polychaete Eusyllis blomstrandi (Annelida)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-66

  Zorner S A ^a   Fischer, A ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Eusyllis (Polychaeta); Facilitation; Predator alert; Segmental light organs

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; FACILITATION; INHIBITOR; POLYCHAETE; PREDATOR;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; EUSYLLIS; EUSYLLIS BLOMSTRANDI; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33847205684     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-006-0053-4     Document Type: Article

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