What does circatidal mean?
Circatidal means (of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides..
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(of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides..
In the laboratory, the animals show a circatidal swimming rhythm, entrained by hydrostatic pressure stimulus.
[…]green shore crab Carcinus maenas lay the foundation on the circatidal rhythmicity of coastal crabs and how such behaviour may be underpinned by internal physiological and neurological mechanisms.
For example, three different hypotheses have been put forward to explain circatidal and circadian rhythms in crustaceans (Palmer 1990, 1995).
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Circatidal means (of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides..
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In the laboratory, the animals show a circatidal swimming rhythm, entrained by hydrostatic pressure stimulus.
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