Variation of the locomotor activity rhythms in three species of talitrid amphipods, Talitrus saltator, Orchestia montagui, and O. gammarellus, from various habitats

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-532

  Rossano, Claudia ^a,c   Morgan, Elfed ^b   Scapini, Felicita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral variability; Biological rhythms; Circadian period; Talitrids

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; ITALY; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; ORCHESTIA GAMMARELLUS; ORCHESTIA MONTAGUI; RIVER; SEASHORE; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; LOCOMOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ORCHESTIA; ORCHESTIA GAMMARELLUS; POSIDONIA; TALITRIDAE; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 47249112979     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802257869     Document Type: Article

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