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