Spectral sensitivity of vision and bioluminescence in the midwater shrimp Sergestes similis

In this study, visual spectral sensitivity, based on microspectrophotometry and electrophysiological measurements of photoreceptor response, is directly compared to the behavioral spectral efficiency of luminescent countershading. Microspectrophotometric measurements on single photoreceptors revealed only a single visual pigment with peak absorbance at 495 nm in the blue-green region of the spectrum. The peak electrophysiological spectral sensitivity of dark-adapted eyes was centered at about 500 nm. The spectral efficiency of luminescent countershading showed a broad peak from 480 to 520 nm.

This manuscript is available at http://www.biolbull.org/ and may be cited as: Lindsay, S. M., Frank, T. M., Kent, J., Partridge, J. C., & Latz, M. I. (1999). Spectral sensitivity of vision and bioluminescence in the midwater shrimp Sergestes similis. The Biological Bulletin, 195(3), 348-360.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1269.

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1999

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1999

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1999

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FADT3171571

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Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Lindsay, S. M.

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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171571

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Spectral sensitivity of vision and bioluminescence in the midwater shrimp Sergestes similis

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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171571

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The Marine Biological Laboratory
1999
single unit

Title

Spectral sensitivity of vision and bioluminescence in the midwater shrimp Sergestes similis

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Spectral sensitivity of vision and bioluminescence in the midwater shrimp Sergestes similis