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Timing requires the right amount and type of light

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The quantity of UVA/deep violet light varies seasonally and affects locomotor activity in a marine annelid, providing cues for phenology in addition to those provided by change in photoperiod.

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Fig. 1: The light spectrum could support the fine-tuning of annual timing.

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  1. Polar Biological Oceanography Section, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Bettina Meyer, Lukas Hüppe & Laura Payton

  2. Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

    Bettina Meyer & Laura Payton

  3. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

    Bettina Meyer & Lukas Hüppe

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Meyer, B., Hüppe, L. & Payton, L. Timing requires the right amount and type of light. Nat Ecol Evol 5, 153–154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01373-0

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