The circatidal rhythm of the estuarine gastropod Hydrobia ulvae (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-450

  Vieira, Sónia ^a   Coelho, Helena ^a   Nolasco, Rita ^a   Serôdio, João ^a   Barnes, Richard ^b   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behaviour; Endogenous; Entrainment; Estuary; Portugal; Ria de Aveiro; Tides

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SNAIL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; HYDROBIIDAE;

EID: 77954117666     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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