Locomotor activity of the fiddler crab, Uca subcylindrica (Stimpson), under artificial illumination

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-99

  Thurman, C L ^a   Broghammer, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Fiddler crabs; Locomotor rhythm; Uca subcylindrica

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRUSTACEAN; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; DARKNESS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035014438     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.32.1.85.7282     Document Type: Article

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