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| Mat, Audrey; Dunster, Gideon P.; Sbragaglia, Valerio; Aguzzi, Jacopo; De La Iglesia, Horacio O.. |
| Animals living in the intertidal zone are exposed to prominent temperature changes. To cope with the energetic demands of environmental thermal challenges, ectotherms rely mainly on behavioral responses, which may change depending on the time of the day and seasonally. Here, we analyze how temperature shapes crabs’ behavior at 2 different times of the year and show that a transition from constant cold (13.5°C) to constant warm (17.5°C) water temperature leads to increased locomotor activity levels throughout the day in fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator) collected during the summer. In contrast, the same transition in environmental temperature leads to a decrease in the amplitude of the daily locomotor activity rhythm in crabs collected during the winter. In... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00384/49507/50001.pdf |
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