Locomotor activity and cave animals represent excellent models for study of bio- logical clocks. An infrared-based detection device for recording motor activity has been tested on the stigobitic Spelaeomysis bottazzii Caroli, 1924 (Crustacea: Mysidacea). The individual activity of mysidaceans was monitored in continuous darkness. Data were analyzed by a DFT and chi-square periodogram. The appa- ratus was able to read rhythms of activity, in particular a lower circadian rhythm and some ultradian ones.
An infra-red beam device for the study of the motor activity rhythms in groundwater mysidacea / Pasquali, Vittorio; P., Renzi; G., Belmont; G. L., Pesce. - In: THALASSIA SALENTINA. - ISSN 0563-3745. - STAMPA. - 30:(2007), pp. 93-106.
An infra-red beam device for the study of the motor activity rhythms in groundwater mysidacea.
PASQUALI, Vittorio;
2007
Abstract
Locomotor activity and cave animals represent excellent models for study of bio- logical clocks. An infrared-based detection device for recording motor activity has been tested on the stigobitic Spelaeomysis bottazzii Caroli, 1924 (Crustacea: Mysidacea). The individual activity of mysidaceans was monitored in continuous darkness. Data were analyzed by a DFT and chi-square periodogram. The appa- ratus was able to read rhythms of activity, in particular a lower circadian rhythm and some ultradian ones.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
