TY  - BOOK
AU  - Naylor,E.
TI  - Chronobiology of marine organisms
SN  - 9780511803567 (ebook)
AV  - QH91 .N39 2010
U1  - 578.77 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Marine biology
KW  - Chronobiology
KW  - Marine organisms
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Intertidal organisms
KW  - Marine animals
KW  - Life cycles
KW  - Intertidal animals
KW  - Biological rhythms
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803567
ER  -