Effect of salinity on the refractive index of water: Considerations for archer fish aerial vision

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1626-1629

  Temple, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; Foraging; Predation; Spitting; Toxotes chatareus; Toxotes jaculatrix

Indexed keywords

TOXOTES; TOXOTES CHATAREUS; TOXOTES JACULATRIX;

EID: 34247336449     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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