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SUBMITTER: Hastad O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1617148 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20050901 3
Many fishes are sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light and display UV markings during courtship. As UV scatters more than longer wavelengths of light, these signals are only effective at short distances, reducing the risk of detection by swimming predators. Such underwater scattering will be insignificant for dip and plunge diving birds, which prey on fishes just below the water surface. One could therefore expect to find adaptations in the eyes of dip and plunge diving birds that tune colour recep ...[more]