Are vent shrimps blinded by science?

Peter J. Herring (), Edward Gaten and Peter M. J. Shelton
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Peter J. Herring: Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock
Edward Gaten: University of Leicester
Peter M. J. Shelton: University of Leicester

Nature, 1999, vol. 398, issue 6723, 116-116

Abstract: Abstract The exploration of deep-sea hydrothermal vents has depended on the use of manned submersibles, which are invariably equipped with high-intensity floodlights. But the eyes of many deep-sea crustaceans, which are exquisitely adapted for the dim conditions at such depths, can suffer permanent retinal damage as a result1,2,3. We suggest that the use of floodlights has irretrievably damaged the eyes of many of the decapod shrimps (family Bresiliidae) that dominate the fauna at vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge4.

Date: 1999
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