Visual spectral sensitivity of hatchling loggerhead (Caretta caretta L.) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea L.) sea turtles, as determined by single-flash electroretinography

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Horch, Kenneth W ^a   Gocke, Judith P ^b   Salmon, Michael ^b   Forward, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Hatchling turtles; Leatherback; Loggerhead; Marine turtles; Spectral sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HATCHING; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURTLE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 47249129922     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240801896223     Document Type: Article

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