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Temporal resolution in mesopelagic crustaceans
- Date Issued:
- 2000
Title: | Temporal resolution in mesopelagic crustaceans. |
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Name(s): |
Frank, Tamara M. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Article | |
Date Issued: | 2000 | |
Publisher: | The Royal Society. | |
Place of Publication: | London, UK | |
Physical Form: | ||
Extent: | 5 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Identifier: | FA00007155 (IID), 10.1098/rstb.2000.0666 (doi) | |
Note(s): |
Mesopelagic crustaceans occupy a dim-light environment that is similar to that of nocturnal insects. In a
light-limited environment, the requirement for greater sensitivity may result in slower photoreceptor
transduction and increased summation time. This should be reflected by a lower temporal resolution, as
indicated by a lower critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF). Therefore, one would predict that the CFFs
of mesopelagic organisms would be relatively low compared with those of their shallow-water relatives,
just as nocturnal insects tend to have lower CFFs than diurnal insects. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1341 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Frank, T. M. (2000). Temporal resolution in mesopelagic crustaceans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 355(1401), 1195-1198. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0666 |
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Subject(s): |
Crustaceans Vision Deep-sea animals Flicker fusion |
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Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2000.0666 | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007155 | |
Host Institution: | FAU |