Vision in the deep sea

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 671-712

  Warrant, Eric J ^a   Locket, N Adam ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cephalopod; Crustacean; Deep sea; Eye design; Fish; Natural scene; Vision; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BENTHOS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLOR; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; EYE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; REVIEW; SEA; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344573708     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006420     Document Type: Review

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