Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa
Plankton samples collected and analyzed by the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey were used to examine the length of time spent near the surface in the North Atlantic and the North Sea by three closely related groups of zooplankton (copepodite stages 1–4 Metridia spp., copepodite stages 5–6 Metridi...
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crwiley:10.4319/lo.1995.40.8.1461 2024-09-15T18:23:08+00:00 Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa Hays, Graeme C. 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1995.40.8.1461 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1995.40.8.1461 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1995.40.8.1461 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Limnology and Oceanography volume 40, issue 8, page 1461-1465 ISSN 0024-3590 1939-5590 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1995.40.8.1461 2024-07-25T04:21:37Z Plankton samples collected and analyzed by the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey were used to examine the length of time spent near the surface in the North Atlantic and the North Sea by three closely related groups of zooplankton (copepodite stages 1–4 Metridia spp., copepodite stages 5–6 Metridia lucens , and copepodite stages 5–6 Metridia longa ). For all three groups, the mean daily length of time spent near the surface in each month of the year covaried seasonally with day length. In addition, the amount of time spent near the surface varied significantly between the three groups, being longest for the copepods of smallest body size (C 1–C4 Metridia spp.) and shortest for the copepods of largest body size (C5–C6 M. longa ). These results support the suggestion that diel vertical migration serves to reduce the risk of mortality from visually orienting predators. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Copepods Wiley Online Library Limnology and Oceanography 40 8 1461 1465 |
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Plankton samples collected and analyzed by the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey were used to examine the length of time spent near the surface in the North Atlantic and the North Sea by three closely related groups of zooplankton (copepodite stages 1–4 Metridia spp., copepodite stages 5–6 Metridia lucens , and copepodite stages 5–6 Metridia longa ). For all three groups, the mean daily length of time spent near the surface in each month of the year covaried seasonally with day length. In addition, the amount of time spent near the surface varied significantly between the three groups, being longest for the copepods of smallest body size (C 1–C4 Metridia spp.) and shortest for the copepods of largest body size (C5–C6 M. longa ). These results support the suggestion that diel vertical migration serves to reduce the risk of mortality from visually orienting predators. |
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Hays, Graeme C. Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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Ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods Metridia lucens and Metridia longa |
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ontogenetic and seasonal variation in the diel vertical migration of the copepods metridia lucens and metridia longa |
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