Camouflage: Being Invisible in the Open Ocean

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dc.contributor.authorCronin, Thomas W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-02T15:08:44Z
dc.date.available2019-04-02T15:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-21
dc.description.abstractAnimals 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.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216311411?via%3Dihuben_US
dc.format.extent3 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2rcmz-fzed
dc.identifier.citationThomas 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.2016.09.056en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.056
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13299
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectbody surfaceen_US
dc.subjectmidwater crustaceansen_US
dc.subjectantireflection coatingsen_US
dc.subjectcamouflageen_US
dc.titleCamouflage: Being Invisible in the Open Oceanen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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