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Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology Volume 35, 2002 - Issue 1-2
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The Local Optical Factor as an Orientation Cue for the Sandhopper Talitrus Saltator Montagu (Amphipoda, Talitridae)

A. Ugolini Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Università di Firenze and Centro SFET - CNR, Via Romana 17, Firenze, 50125, Italy
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L. Meucci Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Università di Firenze and Centro SFET - CNR, Via Romana 17, Firenze, 50125, Italy
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B. Tiribilli Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, Firenze, 50125, Italy
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M. Lindström Tvärminne Zoological Station, Helsinki University, Hanko, 10900, Finland
Pages 27-36 | Published online: 26 Oct 2010

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