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Notes and References:

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P.A. Liebman, A.M. Granda, Microspectrophotometric measurements of visual pigments in two species of turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans and Chelonia mydas mydas, Vision Research, Volume 11, Issue 2, 1971, Pages 105-114, ISSN 0042-6989, doi:10.1016/0042-6989(71)90227-6.

Northmore DPM, Granda AM (1991) Refractive state, contrast sensitivity, and resolution in the freshwater turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans, determined by tectal visual-evoked potentials Vis Neurosci 7:619-625

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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