Diel vertical migration (DVM), also known as diurnal vertical migration, is a pattern of movement used by some organisms, such as copepods, living in...

migrations. The bull shark is a euryhaline species that moves at will from fresh to salt water, and many marine fish make a diel vertical migration,...

turtles and the factors controlling zooplankton diel vertical migration, the largest animal migration on Earth. Hays has been named one of the most highly...

communities. Some bathypelagic species undergo vertical migration, which differs from the diel vertical migration of mesopelagic species in that it is not driven...

is a vertical migration that occurs with a 24-hour periodicity. This has often been referred to as diurnal or diel vertical migration. The vertical distance...

oxygenated layer of the water column. Diel vertical migrations can span 80-180 meters in depth. The bottom of the migration tends to remain consistent temperatures...

viperfish grows to lengths of 30 cm (12 in). Viperfishes undergo diel vertical migration and are found all around the world in tropical and temperate oceans...

is reported as being either mesopelagic or bathypelagic, with diel vertical migration to shallower waters. The Pacific viperfish is one of the nine different...

deeper export. Another key process occurring in this zone is the diel vertical migration of certain species, which move between the euphotic zone and mesopelagic...

As with many mesopelagic species, Maurolicus muelleri undergoes diel vertical migration (DVM), however this behaviour is more complex and varied in M....

exhibit a diel vertical migration pattern, swimming to depths during the day and rising to surface waters at night. The diel vertical migration of A. tonsa...

extra weight of a shell and ascending the water column for the diel vertical migration. The power-stroke for L. helicina starts with a sharp rotation...

deep scattering layer (DSL) as a result of what is now called the diel vertical migration; and for studies of zooplankton that revealed that the physics...

sequestration of the lipid pump is decoupled from nutrient removal. Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) is a well-studied phenomenon, widespread in the temperate...

formation of thin layers. Many zooplankton normally exhibit a diel vertical migration (DVM) pattern that dictates their depth in the water column based...

mesopelagic zone). Micronekton shows a diverse range of migration patterns including diel vertical migration over several hundreds of metres from below 400 m...

low light conditions. It is one of the few sharks that conduct a diel vertical migration, staying in deep water during the day and moving into surface waters...

including commercially important species such as flatfish and cod. Diel vertical migrations (DVM) of fishes, zooplankton, and larger invertebrates, such as...

bottom. It can be seen to rise and fall each day in keeping with diel vertical migration. Sonar operators, using the newly developed sonar technology during...

currents, many have locomotion, used to avoid predators (as in diel vertical migration) or to increase prey encounter rate. Just as any species can be...

can weigh between 13–15 grams. Females are believed to make a diel vertical migration from deeper than 500 metres (1,600 ft) by day to surface waters...

movement and can swim hundreds of meters vertically in a single day (a behavior called diel vertical migration), their horizontal position is primarily...

depth, although they may reach depths of 3,600 m (11,800 ft) during their migrations. It is sometimes seen in very shallow water by the shore, but can also...

are dark brown to black. Lanternfish are well known for their diel vertical migrations: during daylight hours, most species remain within the gloomy bathypelagic...

Longhurst, Alan R.; Glen Harrison, W. (June 1988). "Vertical nitrogen flux from the oceanic photic zone by diel migrant zooplankton and nekton". Deep Sea Research...

they are one of the several species of squid that participates in diel vertical migration. For this reason, they also experience a significant change in...

pelagic layer of the ocean in terms of their migration to depths below 1000 m. In contrast to diel vertical migration (DVM) which occurs daily, SVM is still...

towards the surface, although they do not appear to do so in a diel vertical migration pattern. Other species, such as Cyclothone acclinadens, are believed...

cephalopods, smaller sharks, and bony fish, the frilled shark practices diel vertical migration to feed at night at the surface of the ocean. When hunting food...

lake dwelling species, vertical and horizontal migration patterns of this species have been observed. Diel vertical migration (DVM) consists in the daily...