Stomatopod photoreceptor spectral tuning as an adaptation for colour constancy in water

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dc.contributor.authorOsorio, D.
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, N. Justin
dc.contributor.authorCronin, Thomas W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-02T19:58:09Z
dc.date.available2019-05-02T19:58:09Z
dc.date.issued1997-12
dc.description.abstractWhere colour is used in communication absolute judgement of signalling spectra is important, and failures of colour constancy may limit performance. Stomatopod crustaceans have unusual eyes in which the midband contains ten or more classes of photoreceptor. For constancy based on receptor adaptation to a fixed background, elementary theory predicts and we confirm by modelling, that stomatopods' narrow-band receptors outperform more broadly tuned receptors. Similar considerations could account for the small spectral separation of receptors in each midband row. Thus, stomatopods seem to trade-off sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio for increased colour constancy.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis material is based on research supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IBN-9413357.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698997001363#!en_US
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2sggn-f1nn
dc.identifier.citationD. Osorio, N. Justin Marshall , Thomas W. Cronin, Stomatopod photoreceptor spectral tuning as an adaptation for colour constancy in water, Vision Research Volume 37, Issue 23, December 1997, Pages 3299-3309, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00136-3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00136-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13554
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectcolour constancyen_US
dc.subjectvisual ecologyen_US
dc.subjectspectral tuningen_US
dc.subjectstomatopodaen_US
dc.titleStomatopod photoreceptor spectral tuning as an adaptation for colour constancy in wateren_US
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