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Author:   Hideharu Numata ,  Barbara Helm
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Edition:   2014 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.475kg
ISBN:  

9784431552604

ISBN 10:   443155260
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   03 February 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART I. Tidal, Semilunar, and Lunar Rhythms.- 1 Timing in Tidal, Semilunar, and Lunar Rhythms.- 2 Circatidal Rhythms and Their Entrainment to the Tidal Cycle in Insects.- 3 Daily and Tidal Rhythms in Intertidal Marine Invertebrates.- 4 Circatidal and Circadian Rhythms in Crustacean Swimming Behavior.- 5 Coral Spawning Behavior and Timing.- 6 Lunar Periods in the Annual Reproductive Cycles of Marine Invertebrates from Cold Subtidal and Deep-Sea Environments.- 7 Local Adaptations of Circalunar and Circadian Clocks: The Case of Clunio marinus.- 8 Circadian and Circalunar Clock Interactions and the Impact of Light in Platynereis dumerilii.- 9 Lunar Clock in Fish Reproduction.- 10 The Clock-Work Worms: Diversity and Function of Clock Expression in Marine Polychaete Worms.- PART II. Circannual Rhythms.-11 Circannual Rhythms: History, Present Challenges, Future Directions.- 12 Stem Cell Regulation of Circannual Rhythms.- 13 Seasonality of Life Histories in Tropical Birds: Circannual Rhythms and Zeitgeber.- 14 The Circannual Clock in the European Hamster: How Is It Synchronized by Photoperiodic Changes?.- 15 Circannual Clocks in Tropical Bats and Heritable Variation in Seasonal Reproductive Timing in Temperate Zone Mice.- 16 Circannual Rhythms in Insects.

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“The book provides fertile ground from which future studies can grow. … the authors emphasize new and stimulating questions for investigation by current and intending researchers in the field.” (Ernest Naylor, Journal of Biological Rhythm, Vol. 30 (4), August, 2015)

The book provides fertile ground from which future studies can grow. ... the authors emphasize new and stimulating questions for investigation by current and intending researchers in the field. (Ernest Naylor, Journal of Biological Rhythm, Vol. 30 (4), August, 2015)

Author Information

Hideharu Numata (Professor, Ph. D., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University) Barbara Helm (Research Scientist, Ph. D., University of Konstanz / Max Planck Institute for Ornithology)

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