Modeling patterns of zooplankton diel vertical migration |
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Authors: | Han, Bo-Ping Straskraba, Milan |
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Affiliation: | 1Biomathematical Laboratory, Czech Academy of Science and Biological Faculty, University of South Bohemia Brani ovská. 31,370 05 eské Bud jovice, Czech Republic 2Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University Guangzhou 510632, China |
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Abstract: | Realized predation pressure, defined as the product of predationpressure and light intensity, expresses the mortality pressuredue to visual predation. The part of realized predation pressurewhich is sensed by organisms is here considered to be relatedto food level and temperature. This partly realized predationpressure is referred to as sensed predation pressure. We proposea possible control mechanism of diel vertical migration (DVM):organisms move vertically following the minimum change in sensedpredation pressure. To investigate this assumption, we presenta math ematical model of DVM. We assume that when predatorsare present, the food level is above a minimal level, and temperatureis higher than the tolerance of organisms to growth, prey organismsundertake DVM following the minimum change in sensed predationpressure. We examine how patterns of migration may be affectedby changes in water clarity, predation pressure, food leveland temperature. This work supports the assumption that minimizingchanges in sensed predation pressure can explain the wide variationin the vertical profile of zooplankton. |
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