School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, MSc

Sensory development of Antarctic fish

When Antarctic fish hatch in the spring, they are visual feeders, but when winter darkness arrives, visual feeding becomes impossible and another mode of prey detection must be used. This project aimed to determine whether the change in light conditions, and presumably sensory requirements of Antarctic fish, was mirrored by any changes in the morphology of the brain or peripheral organs.

Publications
Montgomery, J.C., Sutherland, K.B.W. Sensory development of the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum: a test for the ontogenetic shift hypothesis. Polar biology 18(2): 112-115, 1997.

Sutherland, B. The sensory development of the antarctic silverfish Pleurogramma  antarcticum. MSc, University of Auckland, 1995.