Life in a dark biosphere: a review of circadian physiology in “arrhythmic” environments

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 947-968

  Beale, Andrew David ^a   Whitmore, David ^a   Moran, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arrhythmic; Cave; Circadian clock; Evolution; Physiology; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARCTIC; CAVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAVES; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84994059902     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-1000-6     Document Type: Review

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