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Original Articles

Variable swarming time of an intertidal midge (Pontomyia oceana Tokunaga, 1964) controlled by a circadian clock and temperature

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Pages 1-9 | Received 13 Jul 2009, Accepted 18 Nov 2009, Published online: 13 Jan 2010

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