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Ultraviolet absorption in transparent zooplankton and its implications for depth distribution and visual predation
| Title: | Ultraviolet absorption in transparent zooplankton and its implications for depth distribution and visual predation. |
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| Name(s): |
Johnsen, Sonke, creator Widder, Edith A., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2000 | |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag | |
| Extent: | 16 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 2783214 (digitool), FADT2783214 (IID), fau:5516 (fedora), 10.1007/s002270000499 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The use of transparency as camouflage in the epipelagic realm is complicated by the presence of ultraviolet radiation, because the presence of UV-protective pigments decreases UV transparency and may reveal transparent zooplankton to predators and prey with UV vision. This manuscript is a version of an article with the final publication found online at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Johnsen, S. and E. A. Widder (2001) Ultraviolet absorption in transparent zooplankton and its implications for depth distribution and visual predation, Naturwissenschaften 138:717‐730 DOI: 10.1007/s002270000499 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1367. |
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| Subject(s): |
Zooplankton Marine animal --Physiology Marine ecology Ultraviolet radiation --Physiological effect |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2783214 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270000499 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2000 Springer-Verlag. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
