title: Visual optics: Accommodation in a splash.
abstract: Gannets are large seabirds that hunt fish from the air, making a plunge dive followed by active swimming pursuit of prey. A recent study shows that they convert from aerial to aquatic vision nearly instantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MA 21250, USA. Cronin@umbc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Cronin
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D004242:Diving / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular