Locomotor activity rhythm in the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica elvers

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 76-89

  Dou, Shuozeng ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Japanese eel; Light dark cycle; Temperature; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EEL; INHIBITION; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 37349031086     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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