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The Sensory Biology of Notothenioid Fish

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Biology of Antarctic Fish

Abstract

The antarctic marine environment is notable not only for its low temperature, but also for the light levels which occur under areas of ice cover, and during the polar winter. Within the confines of this environment has evolved a unique assemblage of fish.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    J. A. Macdonald & J. C. Montgomery

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  1. Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology (IBPE), Italian National Research Council, Via Marconi 10, I-80125, Naples, Italy

    Guido di Prisco

  2. International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, I-80125, Naples, Italy

    Bruno Maresca

  3. University of Calabria, I-87030, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

    Bruno Tota

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Macdonald, J.A., Montgomery, J.C. (1991). The Sensory Biology of Notothenioid Fish. In: di Prisco, G., Maresca, B., Tota, B. (eds) Biology of Antarctic Fish. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76217-8_10

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