ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
Diatoms
;
vertical migration
;
circadian rhythmicity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Epipelic diatoms of a pond undergo a vertical migration rhythm moving to the surface of the sediment in the morning and downwards again in the afternoon. In the laboratory the same rhythmicity was found with a maximum of cells on the surface at noon or in the afternoon. Under the experimental conditions employed there was no evidence of two or more peaks. As in some, but not all, unicellular algae of the tidal zone, this migration shows the characteristics of endogenous circadian rhythms, such as persistance in continous light or dark and reversal of the phase by shift of 12 hours in the ‘Zeitgeber’: light.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00017513
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