Rhythms of locomotion expressed by Limulus polyphemus, the American horseshoe crab: I. synchronization by artificial tides

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-45

  Chabot, Christopher C ^a   Skinner, Stephen J ^a   Watson III, Winsor H ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOCOMOTION; PHOTOPERIOD; TIDE; WATER DEPTH;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 51149123697     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25470681     Document Type: Article

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