Naylor E
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales-Bangor, Marine Science Laboratories, Anglesey, Gwynedd, U.K.
Chronobiol Int. 1996 Aug;13(3):153-61. doi: 10.3109/07420529609012649.
The circalunidian hypothesis that tidal rhythms in coastal animals are controlled by two lunar-day (c.24.8 h) oscillators coupled in antiphase is challenged. Rhythmic locomotor activity patterns of the shore crab Carcinus maenas, and probably of some other species too, are more economically explained by interacting circadian (c.24 h) and true circatidal (c.12.4 h) physiological oscillators. A testable hypothesis is proposed that combines a circadian promotor and a circatidal inhibitor of locomotor activity.
沿海动物的潮汐节律由两个反相耦合的太阴日（约24.8小时）振荡器控制这一太阴日假说受到了挑战。岸蟹（Carcinus maenas）以及可能其他一些物种的节律性运动活动模式，通过相互作用的昼夜节律（约24小时）和真正的潮汐节律（约12.4小时）生理振荡器来解释更为经济。提出了一个可检验的假说，该假说结合了昼夜节律启动子和运动活动的潮汐节律抑制剂。
