Mesopelagic cephalopods switch between transparency and pigmentation to optimize camouflage in the deep

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1937-1941

  Zylinski, Sarah ^a   Johnsen, Sönke ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCTOPUS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECAPODIFORMES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCTOPODIFORMES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PIGMENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; JAPETELLA; JAPETELLA HEATHI; ONYCHOTEUTHIS BANKSII;

EID: 81855225289     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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