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This annual clock is known as the circannual rhythm and is the longer-term cousin of the circadian or daily rhythm which keeps us awake at the right time of day.

Thus, entire lines of research were reduced or have essentially stopped - tidal, lunar and circannual rhythms, Sun-compass orientation, photoperiodism, development, ecology and evolution - waiting for new techniques and new findings that will enable them to re-start.