Pseudo-diel vertical migration in zooplankton: a whole-lake 15N tracer experiment

Pseudo-diel vertical migration in zooplankton: a whole-lake ¹⁵N tracer experiment

Pseudo-diel vertical migration in zooplankton: a whole-lake N tracer experiment

Diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton is commonly considered an adaptation for feeding in food-rich and warm surface waters at night and avoiding visual predators during the day. However, the critical assessment of migration patterns frequently suggests that: (i) zooplankton may leave deeper waters with rich, deepchlorophyll layers and move into the epilimnion where food resources are lo...

Circadian Clock Involvement in Zooplankton Diel Vertical Migration

Biological clocks are a ubiquitous ancient and adaptive mechanism enabling organisms to anticipate environmental cycles and to regulate behavioral and physiological processes accordingly [1]. Although terrestrial circadian clocks are well understood, knowledge of clocks in marine organisms is still very limited [2-5]. This is particularly true for abundant species displaying large-scale rhythms...

Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar night

High-latitude environments show extreme seasonal variation in physical and biological variables. The classic paradigm of Arctic marine ecosystems holds that most biological processes slow down or cease during the polar night. One key process that is generally assumed to cease during winter is diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton. DVM constitutes the largest synchronized movement of biom...

Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar