Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans causal explanations and adaptive significances /

• Main Author: Ringelberg, Joop (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Invertebrates.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Ecology.

The book deals with Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) of zooplankton in oceans and lakes and is the first critical discussion of the literature in 100 years of research. The accent is on photo-response experiments that revealed the physiological fundament unifying migration behaviour in both biotopes. A...

Table of Contents:

• Windows: An Introduction
• Swimming in a Strange Biotope
• Light-Induced, Reactive Swimming
• A Decision-Making Mechanism
• Mechanistic Models
• Light and Temperature
• Optical Orientations
• Considerations Before Going into the Field
• Diel Vertical Migration in Lakes
• Migrations in the Marine Environment
• The Confrontation of Experimental and Field Studies
• From the Individual to the Population and Beyond
• Recapitulations and Considerations.