Polarization vision seldom increases the sighting distance of silvery fish

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2016, Pages R752-R754

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a   Gagnon, Yakir L ^b   Marshall, N Justin ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c   Gruev, Viktor ^d   Powell, Samuel ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COLOR; CORAL REEF; FISH; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; LIGHT; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84995617510     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.030     Document Type: Letter

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