The two orbs we see in the sky during the day and night have an influence on the animals and plants on Earth.
The exact mechanisms by which the Sun and Moon affect flora and fauna are not known.
Researchers suggest that the way that animals and plants grow can be changed by the tides, even when other factors are taken into account.
The research shows that the tides of the Sun and the Moon are still important when weighing up organisms' behavior.
The effects of the Sun and Moon's tides on matter on Earth are explained by a biophysicist from the University of Campinas.
Two daily cycles and a monthly and yearly change are what the periodic oscillations exhibit. All organisms on the planet have evolved.
The team looked at previous studies where the tide information was available. The swimming patterns of isopods were kept to the flow of the ocean's tides even when they were moved to water in the lab.
A 1985 study involving coral showed that coral growth and production could match local tides under the influence of the Sun and the Moon.
The authors of the meta-analysis looked at the seeds in sunflowers and found that they were in step with the lunar and solar patterns. The previous studies were referred to by the researchers.
The data shows that local tides are sufficient to organize the behavior of organisms in the absence of other influences.
The validity of free-run experiments in which environmental factors are controlled but not taken into account is questioned by this evidence. The behavior of living organisms may be affected by these oscillations.
The organisms were observed following swimming patterns that matched the tides of the environment they were taken out of, even several days after being moved to the lab.
The aim of the new meta-study was to bring attention to the pervasiveness of the tides and to consider them more widely in research projects.
We know that the Large Hadron collider needs to be adjusted occasionally to take into account the tides, and that they can also affect human sleep cycles, especially when we're not aware of day and night.
"What we wanted to show in the article is that the force of the tides has always shaped the activities of organisms," says Gallep.
The research has been published.
