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Eye-Size Variability in Deep-Sea Lanternfishes (Myctophidae): An Ecological and Phylogenetic Study

One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m), where the amount of light diminishes exponentially with depth and where bioluminescent organisms predominate, is the enlargement of the eye and pupil area. However, it remains unclear how eye size is influenced by d...

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Autores principales: de Busserolles, Fanny, Fitzpatrick, John L., Paxton, John R., Marshall, N. Justin, Collin, Shaun P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058519