Estimated absorbance spectra of the visual pigments of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Fasick, Jeffry I ^a   Bischoff, Nicole ^a   Brennan, Stephanie ^a   Velasquez, Stephani ^a   Andrade, Gisele ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbance maxima; Eubalaena glacialis; Retina; Right whale; Spectral sensitivity; Vision; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; AMINO ACID; PIGMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053649351     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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