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Notes and References:

Douglas R.H., Mullineaux C.W., Partridge J.C. (2000) Long-wave sensitivity in deep-sea stomiid dragon? sh with far-red bioluminescence: evidence for a dietary origin of the chlorophyll-derived retinal photosensitizer of Malacosteus niger Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 355, 1269-1272

Douglas, R. H., Partridge, J. C., & Marshall, N. J. (1998). The eyes of deep-sea fish I: lens pigmentation, tapeta and visual pigments. Progress in retinal and eye research, 17(4), 597-636.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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