Camouflage: Being Invisible in the Open Ocean
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2016-11-21
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Thomas W. Cronin, Camouflage: Being Invisible in the Open Ocean, Current Biology, Volume 26, Issue 22, 21 November 2016, Pages R1179-R1181, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.056
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Abstract
Animals inhabiting the open ocean often conceal themselves by being highly transparent, but this
transparency is compromised by light that is scattered and reflected from the body surface. New research
shows that some midwater crustaceans use antireflection coatings to enhance their invisibility.