Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar night

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Berge, Jørgen ^a,b   Cottier, Finlo ^b   Last, Kim S ^b   Varpe, Øystein ^a   Leu, Eva ^c   Søreide, Janne ^a   Eiane, Ketil ^d   Falk Petersen, Stig ^c   Willis, Kate ^b   Nygård, Henrik ^a   Vogedes, Daniel ^a   Griffiths, Colin ^b   Johnsen, Geir ^a,e   Lorentzen, Dag ^a   Brierley, Andrew S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Circadian; Diel vertical migration; Polar night; Solar; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIEL MIGRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; SEASONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 63249089960     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0484     Document Type: Article

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