Aquatic eye design: sharks and rays as models of underwater colour and luminance vision.

水生眼睛设计：鲨鱼和鳐鱼作为水下颜色和亮度视觉的模型。

• 批准号: DP0558681
• 负责人: Prof Nathan Hart
• 金额: $ 40.79万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0558681
• 关键词: Aquatic; eye; design; sharks; rays

Sharks are usually assumed to be colour blind. We have discovered that they may in fact see colour very well and that the eyes of different species are adapted to their particular lifestyles. Our research will help to raise the profile of sharks and portray them as animals with advanced sensory systems and complex visual behaviours rather than just dangerous killing machines. Studying the vision of sharks may also help to reduce the number (currently >50,000) that are killed each year as bycatch by Australian long-line fisheries and make a valuable contribution to one of Australia's National Research Priorities (an Environmentally Sustainable Australia) for managing and conserving our biodiversity.

通常认为鲨鱼是色盲。 我们发现它们实际上可能会很好看颜色，并且不同物种的眼睛适应了它们的特殊生活方式。我们的研究将有助于提高鲨鱼的形象，并将其描绘成具有高级感觉系统和复杂视觉行为的动物，而不仅仅是危险的杀戮机器。研究鲨鱼的愿景也可能有助于减少澳大利亚长期渔业每年被杀死的人数（当前> 50,000），并对澳大利亚国家的国家研究优先事项之一（环境可持续的澳大利亚）为管理和保护我们的生物多样性做出了宝贵的贡献。