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A review of vertebrate and invertebrate ocular filters

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The spectral information available to an animal’s visual system depends both on the wavelengths reaching its outer segments and the visual pigments contained within them. The former is governed not only by the chromatic stimuli present in the environment, but also by the degree to which these are modified through intraocular filters, before being absorbed by the visual pigments. Although the ocular media of the majority of animals are transparent to light above about 310 nm, their primary function being either refractive or nutritive, in some, pigments are present that filter the spectral content of the light reaching the retina. Light impinging on the visual pigments may have its spectrum further modified by both filters within the retina itself and by reflective structures behind the retina.

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Douglas, R.H., Marshall, N.J. (1999). A review of vertebrate and invertebrate ocular filters. In: Archer, S.N., Djamgoz, M.B.A., Loew, E.R., Partridge, J.C., Vallerga, S. (eds) Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0619-3_5

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