Hide and seek in the open sea: Pelagic camouflage and visual countermeasures

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 369-392

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Counterillumination; Deep sea; Predation; Transparency; Vision

Indexed keywords

COUNTERILLUMINATION; DEEP SEA; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC SPECIES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; PREDATION; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; VISION;

TRANSPARENCY;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; DEEP SEA; FILTRATION; HABITAT TYPE; OPEN SPACE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLARIZATION; PREDATION; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84891855241     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135018     Document Type: Article

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