Circatidal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Circatidal is an adjective meaning (of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides.
Meaning
(of a biorhythm) Approximately in time with the tides.
Example Sentences
In the laboratory, the animals show a circatidal swimming rhythm, entrained by hydrostatic pressure stimulus.
For example, three different hypotheses have been put forward to explain circatidal and circadian rhythms in crustaceans (Palmer 1990, 1995).
[…]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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circhoral, circadian, biorhythmic, circalunar, diurnal, tidal.
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