Influence of light-dark and lunar cycles on the ocular melatonin rhythms in the seagrass rabbitfish, a lunar-synchronized spawner

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-128

  Rahman, Md Saydur ^a,c   Kim, Byung Ho ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^c   Park, Chang Bum ^b   Lee, Young Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye; Lunar cycle; Melatonin; Moonlight; Rabbitfish

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE; FISH; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOON; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEAGRASS RABBITFISH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; MELATONIN; MOON; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 4344703998     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2004.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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