Table 1 Representative light PRCs
 
Organism 

(Background Light)

 

Stimulus1

PPc 

exposure/ 

activity2

 

A/D

 

t(h) 

PRC 

Type 

(0 or 1)

Atlas 

PRC#

*Chlamydomonas(DD) 15min W yes >1 25 1 A/Cr-1
*Chlamydomonas(LL) 6h W 

25Wm-2

yes <1 25 0 A/Cr-4
*Euglena(DD) 4h W 

100ft. c.

yes <1 23.7 1 A/Eg-4
*Euglena(LD 3:3» ?) 9h W 

7500lux

yes <1 30.2 0 A/Eg-7
*Gonyaulax(DD) 3h W yes >1 25.2 1 A/Gp-1 

A/Gp-2

*Gonyaulax(White LL) 4h W or B 

175m Em-2S-1

yes >1  22.8 1 A/Gp-4
*Paramecium bursaria(DD) 4h W 

5,000lux

yes about
  1
25.0 0 A/Pb-3
*Paramecium bursaria(LL) 4h W 

5,000lux

yes >1 25.9 1 A/Pb-4
*Paramecium 

multinucleatum(DD)

2h W 

1,000lux

yes about
  1
24.1 0 A/Pm-1
*Neurospora(bd)(DD) 5-45min. W 

500-14,000lux

yes >1 21-22 0 C/Nc-1 

C/Nc-11

*Pilobolus (Red LL) 0.5ms W yes about
   1
26.5 0 C/Ps-1
*Albizzia(DD) 2h B 

3´ 1014q/cm2s

yes about
   1
23.5 1 D/Aj-1
*Bryophyllum(DD) 4h W 

0.6J/m2s

yes <1 24.4 0 D/Bf-1
*Coleus(LL) 4h W 

1,300ft. c.(?)

yes <1 23 1 D/Cbxf-1
*Kalanchoe(DD) 2h R 

1,600erg/cm2s

yes >1 » 23 0 D/Kb-1
*Lemna(DD) 15min. W 

11Wm-2

yes >1 25.5 1 D/Lg-1
*Lemna(LL) 6h W 

37.5Wm-2

yes  <1 25.5 1 D/Lg-2
*Phaseolus(LL) 3h W 

15,000lux

yes about
  1
27.5 1 D/Pc-1
*Phaseolus(DD) 3h W 

3,500lux

yes about
  1
24.5(?) 0 D/Pc-5
*Samanea(DD) 5min. R 

2.2J/m2

yes about
  1
22.2 0 D/Ss-1
*Samanea(DD) 2h B 

3´ 1014q/cm2s

yes about
  1
22.2 1 D/Ss-2
*Aplysia(DD) 6h W 

1,200lux

yes/DA about
  1
23-24 1 E/Ac-1
Aplysia(DD) 2h W 

1,100lux

yes/DA about
  1
26.7 1 E/Ac-3
Anopheles(DD) 1h 

70lux

?/CREP about
   1
» 23 1 F/Ag-1
*Antheraea(DD) 30min. W  yes/DA <1 22 1 F/Ap-1
Culex(DD) 7.5min. W 

8,000lux

?/CREP >1  24.3 1 F/Cq-1
Culex(DD) 2h W 

8,000lux

?/CREP >1 24.3 0 F/Cq-2
*D.auraria(DD) various no(?)/? about
  1
about
  2
1 & 0 D/Da-1 

to D/Da-10

*D.melanogaster(DD) 40min. W 

300ft. c.

no(?)/? <1 24.4 1 F/Dm-1
D.pseudoobscura(DD) 

(various conditions, 

various strains)

15min. W  no(?)/? about
  1
24 0 F/Dp-1 

to F/Dp-15

*Hemideina  12h W 

100lux

no/NA <1 24.6 0 F/Ht-2
*Leucophaea 6-8h W 

various

no/NA <1 23.7 1 F/Lm-1 

F/Lm-6 

F/Lm-7

*Nauphoeta(DD) 3h W 

240m W/cm2

no/NA  about
  1
23.8 1 F/Nc-1
*Nauphoeta(DD) 12h W 

240m W/cm2

no/NA about
  1
23.8 0 F/Nc-2
Pectionphora: 

*eclosion(DD) 

*oviposition 

*egg hatch(DD)

15min. W 

200lux 

15min. W 

200lux 

8h W

yes 

yes/DA 

yes

about
  1 
about
  1 

about
  1

22.4 

22.6 

24

0

F/Pg-2 

F/Pg-3 

F/Pg-4

*Sarcophaga(DD) 1h W 

240m W/cm2

yes/? <1 23.8 1 F/Sa-1
*Sarcophaga(DD) 3h-20h W 

60-100lux

yes/? about
  1
23.8 0 F/Sa-2 

to F/Sa-11

*Limulus(DD) 2h W yes/NA about
  1
23.9 1 G/Lp-1
*Procambarus(DD) 15min. W 

200lux

yes/NA >1 23.5 0 G/Pb-1
*Ammospermophilus(DD) 15min. W 

100lux

yes/DA <1 24.2 1 H/Al-1
Ammospermophilis(LL) 6h W 

500lux

yes/DA >1(?) about
24.5
1 H/A1-3
*Gallus(DD) 4h W 

1,325lux

yes/DA  <1 about
  24
1 H/Gd-1
*Glaucomys(DD) 10&15min. W 

0.5ft. c.

no/NA <1 about
 23.8
1 H/Gv-1
*Homo 5h W (3´ ) 

» 10,000lux

yes/DA about
 1(?)
24.2 0 H/Hs-1
*Mesocricetus auratus(DD) various 

50-100lux

no/NA >1 24.1 1 H/Ma-1 

to H/Ma-21

*Mesocricetus brandti(dim LL) 1h W 

150lux

no/NA about
  1
24 0 H/Mb-1
*Mus musculus(DD) 15min. W 

100lux

no/NA <1 23.4 1 H/Mm-1
*Mus norvegicus(LL) 1h W 

800lux

no/NA >1 24.6 1 H/Mn-1
*Passer(DD) 6h W 

200-300lux

yes/DA >1 24.9 0 H/Pd-1
Passer(DD) 4h W 

800lux

yes/DA >1 24 1 H/Pd-2
*Peromyscus leucopus(DD) 15min. W 

100lux

no/NA <1  24 1 H/Pl-1
*Peromyscus maniculatus(DD) 15min. W 

100lux

no/NA <1 22.9 1 H/Pm-1
*Rattus 1h W 

150lux

no/NA <1 24.1 1 H/R-6
*Rattus (dim LL) 4h W 

520lux

no/NA <1 24.3 1 H/Re-1 

H/Re-2 

H/Re-3

*Rattus (DD) 

(norvegicus albicus)

30min. W 

300lux

no/NA <1 24.4 1 H/Rn-1 

H/Rn-2

*Saimiri (DD) 1h W 

600lux

yes/DA >1 24.3 1 H/Ss-1 

H/Ss-2

*Sceloporus 6h W 

60lux

yes/DA » 1(?) 23.6 1 H/So-1
*Taphozous (LL) 15min. W 

1,000lux

no/NA >1 » 25 1 H/Tm-1
1Abbreviations: see abbreviations/definitions.

2 = PPc exposure/activity: "yes" or "no" refers to whether the organism is exposed to a complete photoperiod (="yes") or not (="no"); DA, NA, or CREP refers to the activity patterns of animals

- DA=day active, NA=night active, CREP = crepuscular activity.

*=PRCs used for the summary in Table 3.