Morphological skin colour changes in teleosts

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-193

  Leclercq, Eric ^a   Taylor, John F ^a   Migaud, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatophores; Morphological colour change; Pigments; Regulation; Skin; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANCESTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; SKIN; TELEOST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77954003816     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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