An actographic study of diel activity in the semelparous polychaete nereis (Neanthes) virens sars in relation to the annual cycle of growth and reproduction

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Last, Kim S ^a   Olive, Peter J W ^a   Edwards, Alasdair J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actograph; Circadian rhythm; Diel activity pattern; Growth; Nereis (neanthes) virens; Photoperiodic response curve; Photoperiodism; Polychaeta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032939121     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652377     Document Type: Article

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