Modeling activity rhythms in fiddler crabs

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1355-1368

  Dugaw, Christopher J ^a   Honeyfield, Rebecca ^b   Taylor, Caz M ^c   Verzi, Diana W ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Navigant Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circatidal rhythm; Fiddler crabs; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 70450187997     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420520903421872     Document Type: Article

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