Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column

Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column

Abstract Seasonal vertical migration of large lipid-rich copepods is often described as a mass descent of animals when primary production ceases, with important implications for mesopelagic food webs and global carbon sequestration. This view ignores the existence of surface-resident individuals, bu...

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Main Authors: Katrin Schmidt, Barbara Niehoff, Astrid Cornils, Wilhelm Hagen, Hauke Flores, Céline Heuzé, Nahid Welteke, Nadine Knϋppel, Sabrina Dorschner, Matthias Woll, Katie Jones, Giuliano Laudone, Robert G. Campbell, Carin J. Ashjian, Cecilia E. Gelfman, Katyanne M. Shoemaker, Rebecca Jenkins, Kristina Øie Kvile, Benoit Lebreton, Gaël Guillou, Clara J. M. Hoppe, Serdar Sakinan, Fokje L. Schaafsma, Nicole Hildebrandt, Giulia Castellani, Simon T. Belt, Allison A. Fong, Angus Atkinson, Martin Graeve
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02389-9
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