Temporal resolution in the eyes of marine decapods from coastal and deep-sea habitats |
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Authors: | M. L. Johnson P. M. J. Shelton E. Gaten |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England Fax: 0044 (0)116 252-3330 e-mail: gat@leicester.ac.uk, GB |
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Abstract: | Temporal responses of eyes from four decapod species taken from sublittoral (Pandalus montagui Leach), coastal [Nephrops norvegicus (L.)] and deep-sea [Paromola cuvieri (Risso) and Chaceon (=Geryon) affinis A. Milne Edwards and Bouvier] habitats were examined. The electroretinogram responses to a range of sinusoidal intensity modulations between 0.5 and 40 Hz were recorded. Recordings were made from individuals adapted successively to two background light intensities. The sublittoral and coastal species showed faster responses when adapted to the higher light level and they also responded best to intermediate frequencies. When adapted to the lower light level, all species responded most strongly to low-frequency stimuli. Physiological and ecological reasons for the differences in responses are suggested. Received: 2 July 1999 / Accepted: 26 October 1999 |
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