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On the behaviour of barnacles II. The influence of habitat and tide-level on cirral activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. J. Southward
A. J. Southward
Affiliation:
From the Plymouth Laboratory and The Marine Biology Station, University College of North Wales
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During a study of the relation between temperature and cirral activity of barnacles, reported in Part I of this series (Southward, 1955), specimens for investigation were collected from those habitats and tide-levels where the particular species was most abundant. However, it is possible that some variation in behaviour may arise from local environmental factors such as tide-level and degree of exposure to wave action, and experiments were carried out to test this possibility.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , October 1955 , pp. 423 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1955

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