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    This document discusses the relationship between moon phases, tides, and the behavior of grunion fish. It describes the four moon phases - full moon, first quarter, new moon, and third quarter - and how nighttime high tides vary over a lunar period. It also shows diagrams of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth during each phase and how this affects whether grunion eggs are buried in the sand or freed from it, with eggs freed at full and new moons when tides are highest.

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    When the Grunion run 2013

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    Grunion Tides

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    This document discusses the relationship between moon phases, tides, and the behavior of grunion fish. It describes the four moon phases - full moon, first quarter, new moon, and third quarter - and how nighttime high tides vary over a lunar period. It also shows diagrams of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth during each phase and how this affects whether grunion eggs are buried in the sand or freed from it, with eggs freed at full and new moons when tides are highest.

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    Moon Phase Full Moon Quarternew Moon Quarter 7

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    Gaye Chapman
    This document discusses the relationship between moon phases, tides, and the behavior of grunion fish. It describes the four moon phases - full moon, first quarter, new moon, and third quarter - and how nighttime high tides vary over a lunar period. It also shows diagrams of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth during each phase and how this affects whether grunion eggs are buried in the sand or freed from it, with eggs freed at full and new moons when tides are highest.

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    MOON PHASE 7-

    FULL MOON

    FIRST QUARTER

    NEW MOON

    THIRD QUARTER

    NIGHT TIME HIGH TIDES THROUGH ONE LUNAR PERIOD

    FEET

    65-

    POSITION OF SUN, MOON AND EARTH AT EACH PHASE OF THE -MOON

    SUN I I I I I I EARTH I I MOON FULL MOON

    SUN I I I I I I EARTH - MOON

    SUN I I I I MOON I EARTH

    SUN I I I I I I MOON - EARTH

    - eggs from previous spawning will be freed from the sand.

    GRUNION RELATIONSHIP TO MOON PHASES

    FIRST QUARTER - eggs are developing and are buried deepest at this point. N E W M O O N - eggs again freed from sand.

    THIRD QUARTER - eggs are developing.

    FIGURE 2.

    The sun, moon, earth, tides, and grunion behavior.

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