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Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles. C. F. Bohren, D. R. Huffman (au.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1983.
Adaptive Coloration in Animals. H. B. Cott (ed.), Methuen, 1940.
Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision. S. N. Archer, M.B. A. Djamgoz, E. R. Loew, J. C. Partridge, and S. Vallerga (ed.), Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1999.
Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function, M. Stevens, S. Merilaita, Cambridge University Press, 2011
Animal Eyes, M. F. Land and D. E. Nilsson (au). Oxford University Press, 2012.
Avoiding Attack, G. D. Ruxton, W. L. Allen, T. N. Sherratt, and M. P. Speed (au.), Oxford University Press, 2018.
Color Science: Concepts and Methods, Quantitative Data and Formulae. G. Wyszecki, W. S. Stiles (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1982.
Ecology of Animal Senses: Matched Filters for Economical Sensing, the , G. Emde and E. J. Warrant (ed.), Spring, 2016.
Ecology of Vision, the. J. N. Lythgoe (au.), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980.
First Steps in Seeing, the, R. W. Rodieck (au.), Sinauer Associates, 1998.
From Photon to Neuron: Light, Imaging, Vision, P. Nelson (au.), Princeton University Press, 2017.
Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation, C. F. Bohren and E. E. Clothiaux (au.), Wiley-VCH, 2006.
Handbook of Optics. M. Bass, E. W. Van Strylan, D. R. Williams, and W. L. Wolfe (ed.), McGraw-Hill Inc, New York, 2009.
Handbook of Sensory Physiology vol VII/5: The Visual System of Vertebrates, H. Autrum (ed.), Springer, New York, 1977.
Handbook of Sensory Physiology vol VII/6A: Invertebrate Photoreceptors, H. Autrum, et al., (ed.), Springer, New York, 1979.
Handbook of Sensory Physiology vol VII/6B: Invertebrate Visual Centers and Behavior I, H. Autrum et al. (ed.), Springer, New York, 1981.
Handbook of Sensory Physiology vol VII/6C: Invertebrate Visual Centers and Behavior II, H. Autrum et al. (ed.), Springer, New York, 1981.
Invertebrate Vision, E. J. Warrant and D. E. Nilsson, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

In-Water Photography: Theory and Practice. L. E. Mertens (au.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1970.

Light and Life in the Sea, P. J. Herring, A. K. Campbell, M. Whitfield, and L. Maddock (ed.), Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990.
Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems. J. T. O. Kirk (au.), University Press, Cambridge, 2011.
Light and Water, Radiative Transfer in Natural Waters, C. D. Mobley (au.), Academic Press, 1994
Light Scattering by Small Particles. H. C. Van de Hulst (au.), Dover Publications, New York, 1957.
Marine Optics. N. G. Jerlov (au.), Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., New York, 1976.
Optics. E. Hecht (au.) Addison Wesley Longman Inc, New York, 2015.
Optics of Life, the, S. Johnsen (au.), Princeton University Press, 2012.
Photoreception and Vision in Invertebrates, M. Ali (ed.), Spriniger, 1984.
Physiology of the Compound Eyes of Insects and Crustaceans, the , S. Exner (au: translated by R. C. Hardie), Springer, 1989.
Principles of Animal Communication, J. W. Bradbury and S. L. Vehrencamp (au.), Sinauer Associates, 2011.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, R. P. Feynman (au.), Princeton University Press, 2014.
Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation, the.  M. Kerker (au.), Academic Press, New York, 1969.
Sensory Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, M. Stevens (au.), Oxford University Press, 2013.
Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments, S. P. Collin, N. J. Marshall, T. Bullock, J. Atema, R. R. Fay, A. N. Popper, and W. N. Tavolga (ed.), Springer, 2003.
Visual Ecology. T. W. Cronin, S. Johnsen, N. J. Marshall, E. J. Warrant. (au.), Princeton Press, 2014.
Visual System of Fish, the, R. H. Douglas and M. B. A. Djamgoz  (ed.), Chapman and Hall, New York, 1990.
Why We See What We Do, D. Purves and R. B. Lotto (au.), Sinauer Associates, 2003.
Zooplankton: Sensory Ecology and Physiology. P. H. Lenz, D. K. Hartline, J. E. Purcell, and D. L. Macmillan (eds.), Overseas Publishers Association, Amsterdam, 1996.
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