scholarly journals Diel vertical migration behavior of Calanus finmarchicus and its influence on right and sei whale occurrence

2011 ◽  
Vol 423 ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
MF Baumgartner ◽  
NSJ Lysiak ◽  
C Schuman ◽  
J Urban-Rich ◽  
FW Wenzel
2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Emily Barth ◽  
W. Gary Sprules ◽  
Mathew Wells ◽  
Melissa Coman

We describe a novel seasonal shift in the vertical migration behavior of Chaoborus punctipennis second-instar larvae in Lake Opeongo, Ontario. An upward-looking 600 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) moored at a fixed 22 m station in the lake recorded acoustic backscatter continuously during the study period. Zooplankton samples collected indicated that the abundance of C. punctipennis larval instars accounted for the greatest proportion of variance in the linear backscatter from the ADCP. The large fourth-instar larvae underwent normal diel vertical migration throughout the study. Smaller second-instar larvae underwent reverse migration during late June but switched to normal migration by late July. The acoustic record indicates that the switch occurred over a few days around late June, and at this time a double vertical migration appeared with the second instars leading and following the migration of fourth instars. We speculate that these changes in the migration of second instars are driven by seasonal shifts in predation risk from larval cisco (Coregonus artedi) and by the need to minimize spatial overlap with the larger fourth instars.


Sarsia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyvind Fiksen ◽  
François Carlotti

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Levy

Dual-beam acoustic surveys of Okanagan Lake suggested active diel vertical migrations of Mysis relicta and kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) within the pelagic zone. Mysis relicta were situated between 90–150 m during the day and migrated upwards into the thermocline region of the water column at night. Two groups of kokanee targets were detected. The first undertook a diel vertical migration and coalesced at dusk with a second, shallow-oriented group of targets. Daytime target strength estimates taken while the two groups were vertically segregated in the water column suggested an 8–12 db lower target strength of the deeper group. The results provide acoustic evidence for a smaller body size in the deeper group and the occurrence of an ontogenetic shift in diel migratory behavior of kokanee within Okanagan Lake. Diel comparisons of depth distribution suggested spatial segregation of Mysis and kokanee over much of the diel cycle.


2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1485-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Harald Hinrichsen ◽  
Myron A. Peck ◽  
Jörn Schmidt ◽  
Bastian Huwer ◽  
Rudi Voss

1992 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Frost ◽  
Stephen M. Bollens

We report results of a 3-yr field study of the vertical distributions and diel vertical migration (DVM) of Pseudocalanus newmani in the central basin of Dabob Bay, Washington, USA. Our results include two novel findings. First, a statistically significant relationship exists between strength of DVM in P. newmani and the potential predation impact of its planktonic invertebrate predators. Second, a strong "normal" DVM (up at night, down during the day), unique for P. newmani in 5 yr of sampling at this locale, occurred at a time when the zooplanktivorous fish Ammodytes hexapterus was unusually abundant and preying on the copepod; this DVM may have been induced by the fish. DVM behavior of P. newmani was highly variable, with changes in behavior commonly occurring on a time scale of weeks; in one case the copepod switched from a normal migration pattern to a reverse migration pattern (down at night, up during the day) in less than 5 wk. These observations, combined with those of previous research, indicate that P. newmani has an exceptionally diverse repertoire of migration behavior, any particular expression of which is most likely manifested by individual copepods exercising phenotypic behavioral plasticity in response to potential predation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Shikata ◽  
Setsuko Sakamoto ◽  
Goh Onitsuka ◽  
Kazuhiro Aoki ◽  
Mineo Yamaguichi

1990 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1755-1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Levy

Simultaneous comparison of planktivore and crustacean zooplankton distribution patterns in a set of British Columbia lakes suggested coupled diel vertical migration behavior in the two adjacent trophic levels. In lakes where juvenile sockeye salmon performed diel vertical migrations, most zooplankton were non-migratory and concentrated in shallow surface waters over the diel cycle. In contrast, in one lake where pelagic threespine sticklebacks were present, and where juvenile sockeye diel vertical migrations were periodically reversed, most zooplankton undertook diel vertical migrations. The presence of diel vertical migration behavior in zooplankton thus appears to be related to the presence or absence of the behavior in the predominant planktivores.


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