Foraging behavior can influence dispersal of marine organisms

CB Woodson, MA McManus - Limnology and Oceanography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
It has become increasingly apparent that widely varying behaviors of organisms (eg,
ontogenetic depth preference, selective tidal stream transport, position maintenance) can …

Food and feeding in Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars)

K Schmidt - Advances in marine biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Early feeding studies on Meganyctiphanes norvegica described the morphology of the
feeding appendages and the actual process of food uptake and digestion. Insights into …

[BOOK][B] Diel vertical migration of zooplankton in lakes and oceans: causal explanations and adaptive significances

J Ringelberg - 2009 - books.google.com
Whatever theory may be advanced to explain diurnal migration, the underlying reactions
involved must be demonstrated conc-sively in the laboratory before the explanation can be …

Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump

J Pinti, T DeVries, T Norin, C Serra-Pompei… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The daily vertical migrations of fish and other metazoans actively transport organic carbon
from the ocean surface to depth, contributing to the biological carbon pump. We use an …

Seasonal habitat use and diel vertical migration in female spurdog in Nordic waters

CA Klöcker, OT Albert, K Ferter, O Bjelland… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Studying habitat use and vertical movement patterns of individual fish over
continuous time and space is innately challenging and has therefore largely remained …

Predator-prey games in multiple habitats reveal mixed strategies in diel vertical migration

J Pinti, AW Visser - The American Naturalist, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Prey and predators continuously react to each other and to their environment, adjusting their
behavior to maximize their fitness. In a pelagic environment, organisms can optimize their …

Baleen whale distributions and prey associations in the Barents Sea

M Skern-Mauritzen, E Johannesen, A Bjørge… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2011 - int-res.com
We investigated the spatial associations between minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata, fin B.
physalus and humpback Megaptera novaeangliae whales and their prey in the Barents Sea …

Re-established stony reef attracts harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena

L Mikkelsen, KN Mouritsen, K Dahl, J Teilmann… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Stony reefs in shallow water support abundant and species-rich animal communities, and
may thus attract top predators such as the harbour porpoise. In summer 2008, the nature …

Extensive avoidance behaviour of krill from predators and nets

S Christiansen, MP Bråthen, FL Moksnes… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We used echosounders to assess krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) responses to sampling
gear and predators. Towing pelagic trawls above autonomous submerged, upward-looking …

Light Intensity Determines Temporal Niche Switching of Behavioral Activity in Deep-Water Nephrops norvegicus (Crustacea: Decapoda)

JJ Chiesa, J Aguzzi, JA García… - Journal of biological …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The temporal distribution of behavioral programs throughout the 24-h day, known as
temporal niche of a species, is determined by ecological factors that directly affect the …