Seasonal variation of locomotor activity rhythm of Orchestia montagui in the supralittoral zone of Bizerte lagoon (North of Tunisia)

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 718-729

  Jelassi, Raja ^a   Nasri Ammar, Karima ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

entraining conditions; free running; lagoon; locomotor rhythm; Orchestia montagui; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AMPHIPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LOCOMOTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABILIZATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAGOON; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; ORCHESTIA MONTAGUI; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUNISIA;

BIZERTE; BIZERTE LAGOON; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; ORCHESTIA;

EID: 84884670760     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2012.739929     Document Type: Article

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