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Subsurface Eddy Facilitates Retention of Simulated Diel Vertical Migrators in a Biological Hotspot
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2022
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(5)
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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Description:Diel vertical migration (DVM) is common in zooplankton populations worldwide. Every day, zooplankton leave the productive surface ocean and migrate to deepwater to avoid visual predators and return to the surface at night to feed. This behavior may also help retain migrating zooplankton in biological hotspots. Compared to fast and variable surface currents, deep ocean currents are sluggish, and can be more consistent. The time spent in the subsurface layer is driven by day length and the depth of the surface mixed layer. A subsurface, recirculating eddy has recently been described in Palmer Deep Canyon (PDC), a submarine canyon in a biological hotspot located adjacent to the West Antarctic Peninsula. Circulation model simulations
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(5)
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ISSN:2169-9275;2169-9291;
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC
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