Adaptive features of aquatic mammals' eye

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 701-715

  Mass, Alla M ^a   Supin, Alexander Y A ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aquatic mammals; Ganglion cells; Ocular optics; Retina; Retinal topography; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CETACEA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MAMMAL; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEAL; SIRENIA; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CETACEA; EYE; MAMMALS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OTTERS; PINNIPEDIA; SIRENIA; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ENHYDRA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ODOBENIDAE; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 34250648161     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20529     Document Type: Article

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