An investigation of the effects of temperature on the melanophores of some teleost fishes, with special reference to chromatic nervous control in Phoxinus phoxinus (L.)

The effects of locally applied high and low temperatures on the melanophores of Phoxinus phoxinus (L) are investigated. The results of v. Frisch (1911) on Phoxinus and of Smith (1928) on Fundulus are in general confirmed and several new features of the responses are described. The effects are found...

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Main Author: Pye, J. D.
Published: Royal Holloway, University of London 1961
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703857