Changeable camouflage: how well can flounder resemble the colour and spatial scale of substrates in their natural habitats?

Flounder change colour and pattern for camouflage. We used a spectrometer to measure reflectance spectra and a digital camera to capture body patterns of two flounder species camouflaged on four natural backgrounds of different spatial scale (sand, small gravel, large gravel and rocks). We quantifie...

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Autori principali: Barbosa, Alexandra, Maethger, Lydia M., Akkaynak Yellin, Derya, Siemann, Liese A.
Altri autori: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:en_US
Pubblicazione: Royal Society 2017
Accesso online:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110056