Facets of Vision

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Compound Eyes and the World of Vision Research

   • Timothy H. Goldsmith

   Pages 1-14

3. Autrum’s Impact on Compound Eye Research in Insects

   • Dietrich Burkhardt

   Pages 15-29

4. Optics and Evolution of the Compound Eye

   • Dan-Eric Nilsson

   Pages 30-73

5. Photoreceptor Optics, Theory and Practice

   • J. Hans Van Hateren

   Pages 74-89

6. Variations in the Structure and Design of Compound Eyes

   • Michael F. Land

   Pages 90-111

7. Visual Pigments of Compound Eyes — Structure, Photochemistry, and Regeneration

   • Joachim Schwemer

   Pages 112-133

8. Distribution of Insect Visual Chromophores: Functional and Phylogenetic Aspects

   • Klaus Vogt

   Pages 134-151

9. Pigments in Compound Eyes

   • Doekele G. Stavenga

   Pages 152-172

10. Phototransduction in Limulus Ventral Photoreceptors: Roles of Calcium and Inositol Trisphosphate

    • Alan Fein, Richard Payne

    Pages 173-185

11. The Retina-Lamina Pathway in Insects, Particularly Diptera, Viewed from an Evolutionary Perspective

    • Stephen R. Shaw

    Pages 186-212

12. Coding Efficiency and Design in Visual Processing

    • Simon B. Laughlin

    Pages 213-234

13. Neurotransmitters in Compound Eyes

    • Roger C. Hardie

    Pages 235-256

14. Circadian Rhythms in the Invertebrate Retina

    • Robert B. Barlow Jr., Steven C. Chamberlain, Herman K. Lehman

    Pages 257-280

15. Color Vision Honey Bees: Phenomena and Physiological Mechanisms

    • Randolf Menzel, Werner Backhaus

    Pages 281-297

16. Polarization Sensitivity in Compound Eyes

    • Samuel Rossel

    Pages 298-316

17. Beneath the Compound Eye: Neuroanatomical Analysis and Physiological Correlates in the Study of Insect Vision

    • Nicholas J. Strausfeld

    Pages 317-359

18. Directionally Selective Motion Detection by Insect Neurons

    • Nicolas Franceschini, Alexa Riehle, Agnes Le Nestour

    Pages 360-390

19. Neural Mechanisms of Visual Course Control in Insects

    • Klaus Hausen, Martin Egelhaaf

    Pages 391-424

20. Size and Distance Perception in Compound Eyes

    • Rudolf Schwind

    Pages 425-444

The papers published in this Volume are the fruits of a symposium held in Regensburg in April 1987. The meeting was held to com­ memorate two most significant events in the development of com­ pound eye research. In chronological order these are firstly, Sigmund Exner's seminal monograph on the physiology of compound eyes of crustaceans and insects, which was first published in Vienna in 1891, and is now shortly to appear for the first time in the English translation [Exner, S. (1989) The Physiology of the Compound Eyes of Insects and Crustaceans. Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo]. Secondly, the meeting was also held in honour of Professor Hansjochem Autrum's 80th birthday. Professor Autrum, who is justly acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern compound eye research, attended the meeting as the guest of honour. In keeping with these historical occasions, it has been our intention in this volume to present a comprehensive collection of short reviews covering the major aspects of compound eye research. Whilst the most up-to-date developments have been included in every field from optics, through photochemistry, phototransduction, integrative processes and behavior, an attempt has also been made to provide a historical perspective.

• anatomy
• development
• neural mechanisms
• neurons
• perception

• Department of Biophysics, Laboratorium voor Algemene Natuurkunde Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, CM Groningen, The Netherlands

  Doekele Gerben Stavenga

• Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, GB-Cambridge, England

  Roger Clayton Hardie

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