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SUBMITTER: Shima JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7892413 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shima Jeffrey S JS Osenberg Craig W CW Noonburg Erik G EG Alonzo Suzanne H SH Swearer Stephen E SE
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20210113 1942
Growth and survival of larval fishes is highly variable and unpredictable. Our limited understanding of this variation constrains our ability to forecast population dynamics and effectively manage fisheries. Here we show that daily growth rates of a coral reef fish (the sixbar wrasse, <i>Thalassoma hardwicke</i>) are strongly lunar-periodic and predicted by the timing of nocturnal brightness: growth was maximized when the first half of the night was dark and the second half of the night was brig ...[more]