Spectral tuning
- Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes
Summary: The rich natural history of teleosts combined with variable aquatic habitats has produced numerous spectral tuning mechanisms. Although many of these may adaptively tune visual sensitivities, their effects on fitness remain somewhat elusive.
- Short-term colour vision plasticity on the reef: changes in opsin expression under varying light conditions differ between ecologically distinct fish species
Summary: Opsin expression in adult specimens of three reef fish species belonging to two ecologically distinct families show different adaptive mechanisms to changes in available environmental light.