Variable swarming time of an intertidal midge (pontomyia oceana tokunaga, 1964) controlled by a circadian clock and temperature

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Kao, Chen Chih ^a   Chen, Juyin ^a   Chen, Guo Fang ^a   Soong, Keryea ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Emergence; Insect; Intertidal midge; Pontomyia oceana; Swarming; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; INSECT; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SWARMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

TAIWAN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; PONTOMYIA OCEANA;

EID: 77952280122     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240903495320     Document Type: Article

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