Multifocal lenses in a monochromat: The harbour seal

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3315-3322

  Hanke, Frederike D ^a   Kröger, Ronald H H ^b   Siebert, Ursula ^c   Dehnhardt, Guido ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harbour seal; Lens; Multifocal; Phoca vitulina

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; LASER; LENS; OSMOLARITY; PHOCA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AIR; ANIMALS; EYE; LASERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOCA; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISION, OCULAR; WATER;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 55549121249     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018747     Document Type: Article

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