Twilight spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 770-777

  Sweeney, Alison M ^a   Boch, Charles A ^a   Johnsen, Sonke ^b   Morse, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Irradiance; Mass spawning; Twilight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; LIGHT; MOON;

CORAL REEFS; LIGHT; MOON;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951787249     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043406     Document Type: Article

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