Phototactic response and light sensitivity in an epigean and a hypogean population of a barb (garra barreimiae, cyprinidae)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Timmermann, Mirna ^a   Plath, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave colonization; Cavefish; Oman; Phototaxis; Scotophilia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAVE; COLONIZATION; CYPRINID; JUVENILE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOTAXIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GARRA BARREIMIAE; PISCES;

EID: 67349287078     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9173-z     Document Type: Article

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