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SUBMITTER: Berge J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4161229 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berge Jørgen J Cottier Finlo F Varpe Oystein O Renaud Paul E PE Falk-Petersen Stig S Kwasniewski Sawomir S Griffiths Colin C Søreide Janne E JE Johnsen Geir G Aubert Anais A Bjærke Oda O Hovinen Johanna J Jung-Madsen Signe S Tveit Martha M Majaneva Sanna S
Journal of plankton research 20140709 5
Diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton is a global phenomenon, characteristic of both marine and limnic environments. At high latitudes, patterns of DVM have been documented, but rather little knowledge exists regarding which species perform this ecologically important behaviour. Also, in the Arctic, the vertically migrating components of the zooplankton community are usually regarded as a single sound scattering layer (SSL) performing synchronized patterns of migration directly controlled ...[more]