BACKGROUND ILLUMINATION AS A FACTOR IN THE ATTACHMENT OF BARNACLE CYPRIDS
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- 1 February 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 88 (1) , 44-49
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1538170
Abstract
Contrasting surfaces, such as black panels with white borders do not appear to affect the number of barnacle larvae which become attached during a given time. The intensity of general illumination in the vicinity of the panels appears to have most influence upon attachments, which take place more readily under conditions of shading, below rather than above horizontal collectors, and on horizontal rather than vertical collectors. Greater numbers attach to black than to opal glass. The shading effect of black and opal panels is evident in the increase in attachments when larvae are placed at distances up to 6 inches behind vertical transparent collectors.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- THE REACTION OF CERTAIN CRUSTACEA TO DIRECT AND TO DIFFUSE LIGHTThe Biological Bulletin, 1943
- THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE ANGLE AND OF LIGHT ON THE ATTACHMENT OF BARNACLES AND OTHER SEDENTARY ORGANISMSThe Biological Bulletin, 1942