{"product_id":"moonstruck-how-lunar-cycles-affect-life-9780198724223","title":"Moonstruck: How Lunar Cycles Affect Life","description":"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\u003cbr\u003eanimals 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\u003cbr\u003efar beyond the influence of any tides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003eformation of the Moon, animals evolved adaptations to the lunar cycle, and considers whether, if Moon-clock genes occur in other animals, they also might exist in us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Naylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198724223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Naylor, \u003cem\u003eProfessor Emeritus, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErnest 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 \u003cem\u003eEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eChronobiology of Marine Organisms\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2010) and \u003cem\u003eBritish Marine Isopods\u003c\/em\u003e (Academic Press, 1972). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40171863081075,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_edc6fd90-33d6-492e-8d04-bd562d0552cb.jpg?v=1655212088","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/moonstruck-how-lunar-cycles-affect-life-9780198724223","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}