A review of the adaptive significance and ecosystem consequences of zooplankton diel vertical migrations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 503, Issue , 2003, Pages 163-170

  Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Deep scattering layer; Diving; Isolume; Leatherback turtles; Penguin; Predator evasion; Satellite tracking; Seal; TDR; Whale

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; INVERTEBRATES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DIEL MIGRATION; PREDATION RISK; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AVES; CETACEA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; REPTILIA; SPHENISCIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347301559     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008476.23617.b0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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