Sf. Hong et Ds. Saunders, EFFECTS OF CONSTANT LIGHT ON THE RHYTHM OF ADULT LOCOMOTOR-ACTIVITY IN THE BLOWFLY, CALLIPHORA-VICINA, Physiological entomology, 19(4), 1994, pp. 319-324
Females of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina, showed an increase in the f
ree-running period (tau) of their locomotor activity rhythm when trans
ferred from continuous darkness (DD) to continuous 'dim' light (LL) at
an irradiance below about 0.03 Wm(-2). Transfer to LL of this intensi
ty also caused a reduction in the duration of the active phase (alpha)
of the cycle. Transfer to 'bright' light (>0.03 Wm(-2)), however, lea
d to arrhythmicity. Data suggest that constant light of this intensity
does not 'stop' the circadian pacemaker but imposes behavioural arrhy
thmicity at a more superficial level.