| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Do intertidal organisms simply respond to the rise and fall of tides, or do they possess biological timing and navigation mechanisms that allow them to anticipate when conditions are most favourable? How are the patterns of growth, development and reproduction of some marine plants and animals related to changes in day-length or to phases of the moon? The author describes how marine organisms, from single cells to vertebrates, on sea shores, in estuaries and in the open ocean, have evolved inbuilt biological clockwork and synchronisation mechanisms which control rhythmic processes and navigational behaviour, permitting successful exploitation of highly variable and often hostile environments. Adopting a hypothesis-testing and experimental approach, the book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of marine biology, marine ecology, animal behaviour, oceanography and other biological sciences and also as an introduction for researchers, including physiologists, biochemists and molecular biologists entering the field of chronobiology. |
| Contents |
Moonshine -- Biorhythms of coastal organisms -- Tidal and daily time-cues -- Clocks and compasses -- Lunar and semilunar biorhythms -- Annual biorhythms -- Plankton vertical migration rhythms -- Staying put in estuaries -- Ocean drifters -- Living clockwork. |
| Access |
Online full text is restricted to subscribers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marine biology.
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Marine biology. |
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Chronobiology.
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Chronobiology. |
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Marine animals -- Life cycles.
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Marine animals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Naylor, E. (Ernest), 1931- Chronobiology of marine organisms. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010278123 |
| ISBN |
9780521760539 (hardback) |
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0521760534 (hardback) |
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9780511676680 (electronic book) |
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0511676689 (electronic book) |
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9780511681172 (e-book) |
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0511681178 (e-book) |
| Standard No. |
9786612525858 |
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