Behavioural relevance of polarization sensitivity as a target detection mechanism in cephalopods and fishes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 734-741

  Pignatelli, Vincenzo ^a   Temple, Shelby E ^a   Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a   Roberts, Nicholas W ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^a,c   Marshall, N Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cuttlefish; Goldfish; LCD; Squid; Startle response; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CEPHALOPOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; POLARIZATION; PREY LOCATION; SURVIVAL; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CEPHALOPODA; DANIO RERIO; PISCES; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 79952339547     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0204     Document Type: Article

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