Darkadaptation of the bee´s eye Dunkeladaptation des Bienenauges |
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The dark adaptation of the bee´s compound eye (Apis mellifera) was studied at different temperatures both by measuring the animal´s optomotoric response and by recording ERG. The velocity of dark adaptation increased with rising temperature. |
Literature
Seibt, Uta 1967: Der Einfluß der Temperatur auf die Dunkeladaptation des
Bienenauges Apis mellifica. Zeischrift für vergleichende Physiologie 57, 77-102
Autrum, Hans-Jochem & Seibt, Uta 1965: Die Dunkeladaptation des Bienenauges. Naturwissenschaften 20, 566