Unravelling the ecological significance of endogenous rhythms in intertidal crabs

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-67

  Thurman, Carl L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Crab; Ecology; Larval release; Locomotor; Rhythms; Tides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHRONOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COASTAL WATERS; CRAB; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; HATCHING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LARVA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; TIDE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 8144222460     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010412331313232     Document Type: Review

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