Aerial visual acuity in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) as a function of luminance

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 643-650

  Hanke, Frederike Diana ^a   Dehnhardt, Guido ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal flattening; Harbor seal; Luminance; Phoca vitulina; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCOMMODATION; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; HISTOLOGY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOCA; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; AIR; ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; PHOCA; PHOTOMETRY; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WATER;

EID: 67650287647     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0439-2     Document Type: Article

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