Reflected polarization guides chironomid females to oviposition sites

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3536-3543

  Lerner, Amit ^a   Meltser, Nikolay ^b   Sapir, Nir ^a   Erlick, Carynelisa ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^c   Broza, Meir ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Habitat selection; Oviposition; Polarization vision; Water turbidity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; EGG LAYING; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MICROVILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EGGS; EYE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LIGHT; MICROVILLI; OVIPOSITION; VISION, OCULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 55949114907     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022277     Document Type: Article

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