Melanophores and their role in color change and the ecology of the marine Isopod, Sphaeroma quadridentatum Say.

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dc.contributor.authorLeboeuf, R.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHowe, N.R.en_US
dc.contributor.otherCrustaceanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:52:14Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:52:14Z
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 225-234.en_US
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dc.description.abstractOn the Texas coast Sphaeroma quadridentatum is found along the beachfront and bays. Beachfront populations near Galveston, Texas are restricted to man-made rock groins and jetties, and on these structures they are usually associated with oysters and barnacles in the surf zone. In these microhabitats substrate coloration ranges for nearly white shell surfaces to the grey coloration of the granite substrate. The objectives of this investigation were to define the relationships between melanophore pigment migrations and incident light, substrate reflectance, and change response. S. quadridentatum offers an especially valuable opportunity to examine the adaptive significance of melanophore responses, because its natural environment consists of a finely patterned mosaic in shades of grey that correspond well with the range of animal color observed in field collections.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19515
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Periodical collectionen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries1760.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine invertebratesen_US
dc.subjectinvertebrate zoologyen_US
dc.subjectSphaeroma quadridentatumen_US
dc.subjectbiologyen_US
dc.titleMelanophores and their role in color change and the ecology of the marine Isopod, Sphaeroma quadridentatum Say.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.vol-issue40(3)en_US

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