Dynamic Camouflage in Benthic and Pelagic Cephalopods: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Crypsis Based on Color, Reflection, and Bioluminescence
Abstract
Our overall goal is to understand the perceptual and mechanistic principles that underlay camouflage framed in the context of the animals environment. In particular, we hope to characterize and understand the perceptual abilities of several species of benthic and pelagic cephalopods, the aspects of their optical environment that affect their camouflage behavior, the characterization of that behavior, and the molecular mechanisms inside the skin by which those responses are accomplished.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA572935
Entities
People
- Alison Sweeney
- Daniel E Morse
- Dariusz Stramski
- Jules S. Jaffe
- Sönke Johnsen
Organizations
- Duke University