Functional changes of the visual system of the damselfish Dascyllus marginatus along its bathymetric range

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-421

  Brokovich, Eran ^a,b   Ben Ari, Tomer ^c   Kark, Salit ^c   Kiflawi, Moshe ^a,c   Dishon, Gal ^a,d   Iluz, David ^d,e   Shashar, Nadav ^c  

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

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aqaba; Optomotor; Spatial summation; Technical diving; Temporal summation; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DASCYLLUS MARGINATUS; EYE; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77957245097     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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