Hatching rhythms of Uca thayeri rathbun: Timing in semidiurnal and mixed tidal regimes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-183

  Kellmeyer, Kay ^a   Salmon, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fiddler crabs; Geographic variation; Hatching rhythms; Uca

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HATCHING; PHENOLOGY; TIDAL CYCLE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA THAYERI;

EID: 0035368789     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00259-3     Document Type: Article

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