Relationship of daily and circatidal activity rhythms of the fiddler crab, Uca princeps, to the harmonic structure of semidiurnal and mixed tides

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-482

  Stillman, J H ^a,b   Barnwell, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; TIDAL CYCLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 1642326858     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1213-6     Document Type: Article

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