Polarization contrast vision in Octopus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 999-1004

  Shashar, Nadav ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Learning; Octopus; Polarized light; Sensory ecology; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; LEARNING; LIGHT; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; LEARNING; LIGHT; OCTOPODIFORMES; VISION;

EID: 4243494573     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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