Zooplankton diel vertical migration: a review of proximate control
Cohen, J.H.; Forward Jr., R.B. (2009). Zooplankton diel vertical migration: a review of proximate control, in: Gibson, R.N. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 47. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 47: pp. 77-110
In: Gibson, R.N.; Atkinson, R.J.A.; Gordon, J.D.M. (Ed.) (2009). Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 47. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 47. CRC Press: Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-4200-9421-3. xii, 342 pp., more
In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Aberdeen University Press/Allen & Unwin: London. ISSN 0078-3218; e-ISSN 2154-9125, more
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Activity patterns
Aquatic communities > Plankton > Zooplankton
Behaviour > Avoidance reactions
Behavioural responses
Biological phenomena > Biological rhythms
Biological phenomena > Biological rhythms > Circadian rhythms
Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle
Distribution > Geographical distribution > Vertical distribution
Environmental factors > Abiotic factors
Light intensity
Models > Mathematical models
Phenotypic variations
Marine/Coastal |
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- Cohen, J.H.
- Forward Jr., R.B.
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| Abstract |
Diet vertical migration (DVM) is a characteristic behavioural pattern performed by zooplankton in which their vertical distribution changes over the 24-h day. Here the proximate control of zooplankton DVM is reviewed. Light has emerged as the major proximate cue controlling DVM behaviour and the understanding of zooplankton visual physiology and the light-mediated behaviour underlying DVM is expanding. Field and laboratory evidence exist to Support each of the three major hypotheses for the exogenous role of light in DVM: (1) preferendum or isolume, (2) absolute intensity threshold, and (3) relative rate of change. Light may also play all endogenous role in DVM by entraining circadian rhythms in vertical movement or activity. This appreciation of the role of light has improved modelling efforts into the Causes and consequences of DVM. The most important recent advance in the study of DVM is the recognition that this behaviour is a phenotypic response in many species and is most commonly activated by chemical Cues (kairomones) from fish predators. High levels of kairomones signal high levels of predation pressure, and DVM-related photobehaviours, such as swimming responses on relative rates of irradiance change, are altered such that migration occurs and zooplankton achieve a refuge from visual predators. |
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