The Light-dependent Magnetic Compass
(2007) p.465-478- Abstract
- Animals can detect different parameters of the geomagnetic field by two principal independent magnetoreception mechanisms: (1) a light-dependent process detecting the axial course and the inclination angle of the geomagnetic field lines, providing the animals with magnetic compass information (inclination compass), and (2) a magnetite-mediated process, providing magnetic map information (map sense). In vertebrates like birds and newts, light-dependent magnetic compass orientation depends on both wavelength and intensity of light, and experimental evidence suggests that magnetic compass information is perceived by magneto-sensitive photoreceptors, possibly containing cryptochromes, in the retina or the pineal.
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- author
- Muheim, Rachel LU
- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Photobiology – The Science of Light and Life
- editor
- Björn, Lars Olof
- pages
- 465 - 478
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84900157922
- ISBN
- 978-0-387-72654-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-0-387-72655-7_17
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 2d497409-e8d2-4211-b8e1-2202caa4eaee (old id 1429462)
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