Light and vision in the deep-sea benthos: II. Vision in deep-sea crustaceans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3344-3353

  Frank, Tamara M ^a   Johnsen, Sönke ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bioluminescence; Deep sea; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEA; DARK ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; CRUSTACEA; DARK ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION, OCULAR;

BOORALANA TRICARINATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUMUNIDA PICTA; GASTROPTYCHUS SPINIFER;

EID: 84866236517     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.072033     Document Type: Article

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