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Circadian Rhythmicity an D Other Patterns of Spontaneous Motor Activity in Frontinella Pyramitela (linyphiidae ) and Argyrodes Trigonum (theridiidae)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Suter, Robert B. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Abstract | Endogenous biological rhythms are apparently found in all eukaryotic organisms . The mos t ubiquitous of these, the circadian rhythm, functions to synchronize physiology and behavior with diel change s in the environment . Data presented here demonstrate that, in the linyphiid spider Frontinella pyramitela (Wal- ckenaer) and in the theridiid spiderArgyrodes trigonum (Hentz), a circadian rhythm modulates locomotor activity in some individuals but not in others . The data also show (a) that higher-frequency endogenous rhythms pla y a part in determining the patterns of motor activity, and (b) that intervals between bouts of activity are influenced by aperiodic processes that appear to be stochastic . |
| Starting Page | 6 |
| Ending Page | 22 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://americanarachnology.org/joa_free/joa_v21_n1/joa_v21_p6.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |