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Foraging in the Darkness of the Southern Ocean: Influence of Bioluminescence on a Deep Diving Predator
How non-echolocating deep diving marine predators locate their prey while foraging remains mostly unknown. Female southern elephant seals (SES) (Mirounga leonina) have vision adapted to low intensity light with a peak sensitivity at 485 nm. This matches the wavelength of bioluminescence produced by...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565 |