Information Feedback from Photophores and Ventral Countershading in Mid-Water Squid

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dc.contributor.author	Young, Richard Edward	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2008-03-13T03:11:21Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2008-03-13T03:11:21Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	1973-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Young RE. 1973. Information feedback from photophores and ventral countershading in mid-water squid. Pac Sci 27(1): 1-7.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-8870	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/778	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The arrangement of photosensitive vesicles and photophores in two species of mid-water squid suggests that the vesicles function in detecting the intensity of downward-directed surface light and the intensity of light from their own photophores. This information is precisely what is required for an animal to eliminate its ventral shadow by the production of a ventral bioluminescent glow. This arrangement, therefore, offers strong support for the theory of ventral countershading in mid-water animals.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en-US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii Press	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Squids -- Behavior	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Photophores	en_US
dc.title	Information Feedback from Photophores and Ventral Countershading in Mid-Water Squid	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US