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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
lankton_by_athenatt.jpgLions Manearticle220220414F96E97000005DC818_964x625