Cryptic and conspicuous coloration in the pelagic environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1488, 2002, Pages 243-256

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Colour vision; Ocean optics; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; REFLECTANCE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEA; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; COLOR; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISION; WATER;

CRYPSIS;

EID: 41049116992     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1855     Document Type: Article

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