POLARIZED LIGHT AND THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPOUND EYE.

Abstract

The long range aim of this research program was to investigate the mechanism and biological significance of the polarized light sensitivity of arthropods first demonstrated in the honey-bee by Karl von Frisch in 1948. The operational objectives of the work naturally developed in ways which were not completely anticipated at the beginning so that three related, yet distinct, lines of research were in fact pursued under the subject contract. Their objectives were (1) electrophysiological study of arthropod compound eyes with particular reference to their sensitivity to plane polarized light, (2) measurement of polarization of natural submarine light as well as the factors which affect it and (3) analysis of polarized light orientation (polarotaxis) in aquatic animals both in the laboratory and in the field.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0620756

Entities

People

  • Talbot H. Waterman

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Animal Structures
  • Biological Sciences
  • Contracts
  • Eye
  • Measurement
  • Organizational Structure
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Polarization
  • Sensitivity
  • Submarines

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.