Pineal photoreception and temporal physiology in fish

Biological Clock in Fish

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-70

  Ekström, Peter ^a   Meissl, Hilmar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10170     Document Type: Chapter

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