Why are plankton, fish and some cephlapods attracted to light at night?

Subject: Why are plankton, fish and some cephlapods attracted to light at night?

Date: Thu Dec 6 01:08:43 2001
Posted by lucy
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Area of science: Zoology
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Hi there,
I read about why moths are attracted to light at night and wonder if similar 
theories could be applied to plankton.   
Regarding fish - I believe fish move into the light to feed on the plankton, 
but this obviously exposes them to predation by larger fish, does their desire 
to capture prey outweigh their fear of being predated on?
We are doing research for a documentary underwater at night and this question 
has our scientist collegues and ourselves completely stumped.

Thank you  Lucy Trippett.

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