Transmission of linearly polarized light in seawater: Implications for polarization signaling

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3619-3628

  Shashar, Nadav ^a,b   Sabbah, Shai ^a,b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Navigation; Partial linear polarization; Polarization sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOMETRY; SEAWATER;

EID: 6344292285     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01187     Document Type: Article

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