Marching to a different drummer: Crabs synchronize reproduction to a 14-month lunar-tidal cycle

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1164-1171

  Skov, Martin W ^a   Hartnoll, Richard G ^b   Ruwa, Renison K ^c   Shunula, Jude P ^d   Vannini, Marco ^e   Cannicci, Stefano ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crabs; Reproductive rhythm; Reproductive synchrony; Synodic cycle; Tidal rhythm; Tropics; Uca

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CRAB; REPRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; TIDAL CYCLE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); UCA;

EID: 18444406313     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0917     Document Type: Article

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