DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION

OCEANOGRAPHYFALL 2013

NICOLE LAAS

“A Study of Marine Plankton”

What is a Plankton?

Lions Main jellyfish

Small Plankton

Phytoplankton Zooplankton

Food Chain

Phytoplankotn

Zooplankton Fish Sharks

Other marine

organisms

Food for Thought

Food for Thought

Principles of Migration

Migration

Nutrient Limitations

Emerging thermoclineSpring Summer

Waning thermoclineEarly Winter

Late Winter + Winter

Storms

North Atlantic

Does it Snow in the Ocean?

Where Plankton ThriveHigh Productivity Low Productivity

Photography References:Slide 2:http://aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_58/issue_4/1207.pdf3 slide picture of migrationhttp://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n7/fig_tab/ngeo1872_F1

.html 3 slide picture of migration (simple) ahttp://la.cesam.ua.pt/highlights/2006/Highlight%2013_files/imag

e002.jpgPrinciples of Migration (2nd grade)http://benoenenzy.be/fleaworld/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Mig

ration.jpgSponge bob planktonhttp://fc09.deviantart.net/fs27/i/2008/034/8/6/Plankton_Meets_P

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