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020			_a9780511803567 (ebook)
020			_z9780521760539 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
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100	1		_aNaylor, Ernest, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChronobiology of Marine Organisms / _cErnest Naylor.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (252 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDo 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.
650		0	_aMarine biology
650		0	_aChronobiology
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521760539
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803567
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38590 _d38590