Rhythms at the bottom of the deep sea: Cyclic current flow changes and melatonin patterns in two species of demersal fish

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1944-1956

  Wagner, H J ^a   Kemp, K ^b   Mattheus, U ^a   Priede, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coryphaenoides armatus; Pineal melatonin; Retinal melatonin; Synaphobranchus kaupii; Tidal and seasonal current changes

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; DEMERSAL FISH; LUNAR CYCLE; PINEAL MELATONIN; RETINAL MELATONIN; SYNAPHOBRANCHUS KAUPII;

FISH;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; EEL; HORMONE; LUNAR CYCLE; METABOLISM; OCEANIC CURRENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CONGER CONGER; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; SYNAPHOBRANCHUS KAUPII;

EID: 35649010349     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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