DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES OF CORAL LARVAE TO THE COLOUR OF AMBIENT LIGHT GUIDE THEM TO SUITABLE SETTLEMENT MICROHABITAT

Differential responses of coral larvae to the colour of ambient light guide them to suitable settlement microhabitat

Reef-building corals produce planktonic planula larvae that must Glass Markers select an appropriate habitat to settle and spend the rest of their life, a behaviour that plays a critical role in survival.Here, we report that larvae obtained from a deep-water population of Pseudodiploria strigosa settled more readily under blue light and in the dark

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Investigation on the static and dynamic structural behaviors of a regional aircraft main landing gear by a new numerical methodology

In this paper, a new methodology supporting the design of landing gears is proposed.Generally, a preliminary step is performed with simplified FE model, usually one-dimensional, to achieve the reaction forces involving each component during all aforementioned aircraft operations.Though this approach gives a valid support to the designer, it is char

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