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| MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS- Ecology and Evolution of Vision
- Predator/Prey Interactions in Planktivorous Fish
- Physical Optics of Natural Waters
- Biochemistry and Ecology of Visual Pigments
- Computer Modeling of Visual Processes Using Remote Sensing Techniques
- Electro-Optical Instrumentation
- Clinical Electroretinography
SELECT PUBLICATIONS - Sillman, A.J., G.A. Letsinger, S. Patel, E.R. Loew and A.P. Klimley (1996). Visual pigments and photoreceptors in two species of shark, Triakis semifasciata and Mustelus henlei. Journal of Experimental Zoology 276:1-10
- Loew, E.R., F.A. McAlary and W.N. McFarland. Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in the larvae of two species of marine atherinid fishes. Marine Ecology (Accepted).
- Sillman, A.J., P. Govardovskii, P. R(hlich, J.A. Southard and E.R. Loew. The photoreceptors and visual pigments of the garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis: A microspectrophotometric, scanning electron microscopic and immunocytochemical study. (Submitted to The Journal of Comparative Physiology).
- Loew, E.R. and A.J. Sillman. An action spectrum for the light-dependant inhibition of swimming behavior in newly hatched white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. (Submitted to The Journal of Experimental Biology).
- Fleishman, L.J., M. Bowman, D. Saunders, W.E. Miller and E.R. Loew. (1997). The visual ecology of Puerto Rican anoline lizards: habitat and spectral sensitivity. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 181:446-460.
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