lunar periodicity

lu·nar per·i·o·dic·i·ty

any rhythmic phenomenon that follows a lunar or monthly cycle.
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In combination, these results indicate that daily changes in moonlight that occur over the lunar cycle are essential for maintaining normal lunar periodicity of clock gene transcription, and this may play a role in regulating spawn timing.
Lunar phase modulates circadian gene expression cycles in the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora
During fall and winter moon cycles, no consistent effect of lunar periodicity was noted for activity and depth use, suggesting other factors besides moon phase affect activity and depth use.
Moon cycles and bass
The lunar periodicity of diadematid echinoids breeding in Fiji.
Reproduction of Lytechinus variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): effect of lunar cycle and population characteristics/Reproducao de Lytechinus variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): efeito do ciclo lunar e caracteristicas da populacao
The main goal of the current study was to investigate the performance of the domestic longline fishery at Reunion Island with regard to several variables to determine whether lunar periodicity affected the catch of pelagic species.
Effects of lunar cycle and fishing operations on longline-caught pelagic fish: fishing performance, capture time, and survival of fish
Lunar periodicity in human reproduction: A likely unit of biological time.
The relationship between the lunar cycle and adolescent misbehavior: fact or fiction?
Salini J Brewer D Farmer M and Jones P (2001) Lunar periodicity of prawns and by-catch in trawls from the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia.
Counting catches in the light of the moon
Two studies that used different methods reached different conclusions about the lunar periodicity of settlement by T.
Settlement vs. environmental dynamics in a pelagic-spawning reef fish at Caribbean Panama
This latter pattern of delayed spawning response is similar to the results found by Hauenschild (1960) working with the effects of lunar periodicity on the palolo worm Platynereis dumerilii.
Effects of light dynamics on coral spawning synchrony
Lunar periodicity may not influence the feeding activity of largemouth bass in the predictable manner suggested by solunar calendars.
Moon phase and largemouth bass
4B) shows a lunar periodicity in the numbers of species caught.
Advantages of using crest nets to sample presettlement larvae of reef fishes in the Caribbean Sea
Muller (Gaudette et al, 2006) provide evidence of lunar periodicity in some species (reviewed by Pearse, 1975).
Influence of sperm and phytoplankton on spawning in the Echinoid Lytechinus variegatus
Our results however provided little support for lunar periodicity in spawning.
Temporal and spatial dynamics of spawning, settlement, and growth of gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) from the West Florida shelf as determined from otolith microstructures
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