Changes in the retinal cone density distribution and the retinal resolution during growth of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1202-1204

  Torisawa, Shinsuke ^a   Takagi, Tsutomu ^a   Ishibashi, Yasunori ^a   Sawada, Yoshifumi ^a   Yamane, Takeshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone density; Pacific bluefin tuna; Visual acuity; Visual axis

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 35148900027     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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