Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
A: Invertebrate Photoreceptors
First Statement of Responsibility
by H. Autrum, M.F. Bennett, B. Diehn, K. Hamdorf, M. Heisenberg, M. Järvilehto, P. Kunze, R. Menzel, W.H. Miller, A.W. Snyder, D.G. Stavenga, M. Yoshida ; edited by H. Autrum.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1979
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xi, 729 pages 314 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Handbook of sensory physiology, 7 / 6 / 6 A.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1 Introduction --;2 Photic Responses and Sensory Transduction in Protists --;3 Intraocular Filters --;4 The Physiology of Invertebrate Visual Pigments --;5 The Physics of Vision in Compound Eyes --;6 Receptor Potentials in Invertebrate Visual Cells --;7 Pseudopupils of Compound Eyes --;8 Apposition and Superposition Eyes --;9 Spectral Sensitivity and Colour Vision in Invertebrates --;10 Extraocular Photoreception --;11 Extraocular Light Receptors and Circadian Rythms --;12 Genetic Approach to a Visual System --;Author Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In the comparative physiology of photoreception by the Protista and the invertebrates two aspects are emphasized: (1) the diversity of visual processes in these groups and (2) their bearing upon general mechanisms of photoreception.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medicine.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
R1
Book number
.
B943
1979
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
by H. Autrum, M.F. Bennett, B. Diehn, K. Hamdorf, M. Heisenberg, M. Järvilehto, P. Kunze, R. Menzel, W.H. Miller, A.W. Snyder, D.G. Stavenga, M. Yoshida ; edited by H. Autrum.