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EXPERIMENTS WITH ARTIFICIAL LIGHT: NECESSITY FOR PROPERLY IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Bernard J. R. Philogène
Bernard J. R. Philogène
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Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, OntarioK1N 6N5
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The use of artificial illumination in entomological studies is extensive. Incandescent and fluorescent lights are used in mass-rearing insects necessary for physiological and ecological studies, and in photoperiod-controlled as well as in electrophysiological experiments.

One of the main problems facing investigators in the interpretation of their results or in comparing these to preceding reports is the plethora of ways in which experimental conditions involving light are reported. Here are some examples: “The ants were kept under fluorescent light from 0800 to 2000 hours; light intensity on the ants was about 400 lux” (McCluskey 1965).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 114 , Issue 4 , April 1982 , pp. 377 - 379
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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