Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation

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Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation

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Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation. / Garm, Anders; Oskarsson, Magnus; Nilsson, Dan-Eric.

I: Current Biology, Bind 21, Nr. 9, 2011, s. 798-803.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Garm, A, Oskarsson, M & Nilsson, D-E 2011, 'Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation', Current Biology, bind 21, nr. 9, s. 798-803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.054

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Garm, A., Oskarsson, M., & Nilsson, D-E. (2011). Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation. Current Biology, 21(9), 798-803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.054

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Garm A, Oskarsson M, Nilsson D-E. Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation. Current Biology. 2011;21(9):798-803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.054

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Garm, Anders ; Oskarsson, Magnus ; Nilsson, Dan-Eric. / Box jellyfish use terrestrial visual cues for navigation. I: Current Biology. 2011 ; Bind 21, Nr. 9. s. 798-803.

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