Abstract
LIGHT as an environmental parameter has been given slight consideration with respect to its effect on rate functions of intertidal marine invertebrates. Prosser1 has mentioned a few examples where light has been considered as a limiting factor. Most of these examples have concerned vertebrates. Recently, Hoar2 demonstrated that different light periods affected thermal resistance in goldfish. Short-day (8 hr.) photoperiod fish were more resistant to cold than long-day (16 hr.) ones. The reverse was true for heat adaptation.
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Wennesland, R., Science, 114, 100 (1951).
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DEHNEL, P. Effect of Photoperiod on the Oxygen Consumption of Two Species of Intertidal Crabs. Nature 181, 1415–1417 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811415c0
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