Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods

Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 145-163

  Hanlon, Roger T ^a   Chiao, Chuan Chin C ^a,b   Mäthger, Lydia M ^a   Buresch, Kendra C ^a   Barbosa, Alexandra ^a,c   Allen, Justine J ^a,d   Siemann, Liese ^a   Chubb, Charles ^e  

^a Marine Biological Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79959352443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852053.009     Document Type: Chapter

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