Circatrigintan instead of lunar periodicity of larval release in a brooding coral species
Abstract Larval release by brooding corals is often assumed to display lunar periodicity. Here, we show that larval release of individual Stylophora pistillata colonies does not comply with the assumed tight entrainment by the lunar cycle, and can better be classified as a circatrigintan pattern. Th...
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Main Authors: | Bart Linden, Jef Huisman, Baruch Rinkevich |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/f6ee0d836bc44c60aa6fb7861b5ead29 |
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