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Fish with red fluorescent eyes forage more efficiently under dim, blue-green light conditions

BACKGROUND: Natural red fluorescence is particularly conspicuous in the eyes of some small, benthic, predatory fishes. Fluorescence also increases in relative efficiency with increasing depth, which has generated speculation about its possible function as a “light organ” to detect cryptic organisms...

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Autores principales: Harant, Ulrike Katharina, Michiels, Nicolaas Karel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5397785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-017-0127-y