Bioluminescent signals spatially amplified by wavelength-specific diffusion through the shell of a marine snail

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1715, 2011, Pages 2112-2121

  Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a   Wilson, Nerida G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Biophotonics; Light manipulation; Shell adaptation; Signal dispersion; Wavelength specific diffusion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION; SHELL; SIGNAL; SNAIL; VISUAL CUE; WAVELENGTH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL; STIMULATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LIGHT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HINEA;

EID: 79959253828     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2203     Document Type: Article

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