Seasonality of the endogenous activity rhythm in Talitrus saltator (Montagu) from a sandy beach in northeastern Tunisia

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 479-488

  Ammar, Karima Nasri ^a   Morgan, Elfed ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian period; Locomotor activity; Mediterranean beach; Seasonal variation; Talitrus saltator

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CRUSTACEAN; LOCOMOTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRUSTACEA; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 33750447997     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010600739765     Document Type: Article

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