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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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Main Authors: Vacquié-Garcia, Jade, Royer, François, Dragon, Anne-Cécile, Viviant, Morgane, Bailleul, Frédéric, Guinet, Christophe
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430693/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952706
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565
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