Circatidal rhythms of locomotion in the American horseshoe crab limulus polyphemus: Underlying mechanisms and cues that influence them

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-517

  Chabot, Christopher C ^a   Watson III, Winsor H ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Circadian; Circalunidian; Circatidal; Locomotion; PER; Rhythms; Tides

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 77958176109     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.5.499     Document Type: Article

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