Light intensity mediated polarotaxis in Pontella karachiensis (Pontellidae, Copepoda)

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2371-2378

  Manor, Shiri ^a   Polak, Omer ^b   Saidel, William M ^c   Goulet, Tamar L ^d   Shashar, Nadav ^b  

^a Ben Gurion University ^*

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Mississippi   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavior; Copepod; Light; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EYE; FEMALE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PONTANELLA KARACHIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 70249111434     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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