Computational visual ecology in the pelagic realm

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1636, 2014, Pages

  Nilsson, Dan E ^a   Warrant, Eric ^a   Johnsen, Sönke ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational; Pelagic; Visual ecology; Visual range

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EYE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIANCE; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

PHOTOPROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PELAGIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; VISION; VISUAL ECOLOGY; VISUAL RANGE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL; PELAGIC; VISUAL ECOLOGY; VISUAL RANGE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84891652646     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0038     Document Type: Article

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