Moonstruck: How lunar cycles affect life

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Ernest Naylor (Professor Emeritus, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales.)

Moonstruck

How lunar cycles affect life

Ernest Naylor (Professor Emeritus, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales.)

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Oxford University Press
06 October 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution; Marine biology

Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where lunar-daily and lunar-monthly patterns of Moon-generated tides are embedded in their genes. Yet, intriguingly, Moon-related behaviours are also found in dry land and fresh water species living far beyond the influence of any tides. In Moonstruck, Ernest Naylor dismisses the myths concerning the influence of the Moon, but shows through a range of fascinating examples the remarkable real effects that we are now finding through science. He suggests that since the advent of evolution on Earth, which occurred shortly after the formation of the Moon, animals evolved adaptations to the lunar cycle, and considers whether, if Moon-clock genes occur in other animals, might they also exist in us?

By: Ernest Naylor (Professor Emeritus School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Wales.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 424g
ISBN: 9780198724216
ISBN 10: 0198724217
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 06 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1: Moon Myths and Legends 2: The Big Splash 3: The Moon, The Unicorn and Tidal Memories 4: Aristotle's Urchins and Dancing Worms 5: Strangers on the Shore 6: Lunar biorhythms with and without tides 7: Moon Avoidance and Moon Counting 8: Homing by the Moon 9: Plants and the Moon 10: The Moon and the Human Condition End Notes Glossary Index Bibliography

Ernest Naylor is Professor Emeritus in the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, where he was Lloyd Roberts Professor of Marine Zoology and Head of School of Ocean Sciences. He was a Founding Editor of the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science and participated in reviews of scientific programmes in the UK, France, and the developing world. He was appointed OBE in 1998. His previous books include Chronobiology of Marine Organisms (CUP, 2010) and British Marine Isopods (Academic Press, 1972).

Reviews for Moonstruck: How lunar cycles affect life

comprehensive yet approachable ... A reader should be prepared to do a bit of marching through the middle sections, but on the whole it provides a fascinating look at many myths and truths about our planet's natural rhythms. Wall Street Journal