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author Schmidt, Katrin
Niehoff, Barbara
Cornils, Astrid
Hagen, Wilhelm
Flores, Hauke
Heuzé, Céline
Welteke, Nahid
Knϋppel, Nadine
Dorschner, Sabrina
Woll, Matthias
Jones, Katie
Laudone, Giuliano
Campbell, Robert G
Ashjian, Carin J
Gelfman, Cecilia E
Shoemaker, Katyanne M
Jenkins, Rebecca
Kvile, Kristina Øie
Lebreton, Benoit
Guillou, Gaël
Hoppe, Clara J M
Sakinan, Serdar
Schaafsma, Fokje L
Hildebrandt, Nicole
Castellani, Giulia
Belt, Simon T
Fong, Allison A
Atkinson, Angus
Graeve, Martin
author_facet Schmidt, Katrin
Niehoff, Barbara
Cornils, Astrid
Hagen, Wilhelm
Flores, Hauke
Heuzé, Céline
Welteke, Nahid
Knϋppel, Nadine
Dorschner, Sabrina
Woll, Matthias
Jones, Katie
Laudone, Giuliano
Campbell, Robert G
Ashjian, Carin J
Gelfman, Cecilia E
Shoemaker, Katyanne M
Jenkins, Rebecca
Kvile, Kristina Øie
Lebreton, Benoit
Guillou, Gaël
Hoppe, Clara J M
Sakinan, Serdar
Schaafsma, Fokje L
Hildebrandt, Nicole
Castellani, Giulia
Belt, Simon T
Fong, Allison A
Atkinson, Angus
Graeve, Martin
Schmidt, Katrin
Niehoff, Barbara
Cornils, Astrid
Hagen, Wilhelm
Flores, Hauke
Heuzé, Céline
Welteke, Nahid
Knϋppel, Nadine
Dorschner, Sabrina
Woll, Matthias
Jones, Katie
Laudone, Giuliano
Campbell, Robert G
Ashjian, Carin J
Gelfman, Cecilia E
Shoemaker, Katyanne M
Jenkins, Rebecca
Kvile, Kristina Øie
Lebreton, Benoit
Guillou, Gaël
Hoppe, Clara J M
Sakinan, Serdar
Schaafsma, Fokje L
Hildebrandt, Nicole
Castellani, Giulia
Belt, Simon T
Fong, Allison A
Atkinson, Angus
Graeve, Martin
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column. Schmidt, Katrin Niehoff, Barbara Cornils, Astrid Hagen, Wilhelm Flores, Hauke Heuzé, Céline Welteke, Nahid Knϋppel, Nadine Dorschner, Sabrina Woll, Matthias Jones, Katie Laudone, Giuliano Campbell, Robert G Ashjian, Carin J Gelfman, Cecilia E Shoemaker, Katyanne M Jenkins, Rebecca Kvile, Kristina Øie Lebreton, Benoit Guillou, Gaël Hoppe, Clara J M Sakinan, Serdar Schaafsma, Fokje L Hildebrandt, Nicole Castellani, Giulia Belt, Simon T Fong, Allison A Atkinson, Angus Graeve, Martin Seasonal vertical migration of large lipid-rich copepods is often described as a mass descent of animals when primary production ceases, with important implications for mesopelagic food webs and global carbon sequestration. This view ignores the existence of surface-resident individuals, but here we show that non-migrants can form a substantial part of the populations of polar migrant species. In the Central Arctic Ocean, the biomass-dominant was evenly distributed throughout the water column from November 2019 to March 2020, with ~20% of subadults and adult females remaining in the upper 200 m and ~41% migrating to 1000-2000 m. These vertical positions aligned with differences in the copepods' cholesterol content, which can enhance the tissue density at higher temperatures. Gonad development and the vertical distribution of their offspring indicate that both non-migrant and migrant females contribute to the population recruitment. We reinterpret copepod seasonal migration as a bet-hedging strategy that balances nutritional benefits near the surface with survival benefits at depth, and thereby contributes to the species' resilience under climatic change.
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spellingShingle Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column.
Schmidt, Katrin
Niehoff, Barbara
Cornils, Astrid
Hagen, Wilhelm
Flores, Hauke
Heuzé, Céline
Welteke, Nahid
Knϋppel, Nadine
Dorschner, Sabrina
Woll, Matthias
Jones, Katie
Laudone, Giuliano
Campbell, Robert G
Ashjian, Carin J
Gelfman, Cecilia E
Shoemaker, Katyanne M
Jenkins, Rebecca
Kvile, Kristina Øie
Lebreton, Benoit
Guillou, Gaël
Hoppe, Clara J M
Sakinan, Serdar
Schaafsma, Fokje L
Hildebrandt, Nicole
Castellani, Giulia
Belt, Simon T
Fong, Allison A
Atkinson, Angus
Graeve, Martin
Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column. Schmidt, Katrin Niehoff, Barbara Cornils, Astrid Hagen, Wilhelm Flores, Hauke Heuzé, Céline Welteke, Nahid Knϋppel, Nadine Dorschner, Sabrina Woll, Matthias Jones, Katie Laudone, Giuliano Campbell, Robert G Ashjian, Carin J Gelfman, Cecilia E Shoemaker, Katyanne M Jenkins, Rebecca Kvile, Kristina Øie Lebreton, Benoit Guillou, Gaël Hoppe, Clara J M Sakinan, Serdar Schaafsma, Fokje L Hildebrandt, Nicole Castellani, Giulia Belt, Simon T Fong, Allison A Atkinson, Angus Graeve, Martin Seasonal vertical migration of large lipid-rich copepods is often described as a mass descent of animals when primary production ceases, with important implications for mesopelagic food webs and global carbon sequestration. This view ignores the existence of surface-resident individuals, but here we show that non-migrants can form a substantial part of the populations of polar migrant species. In the Central Arctic Ocean, the biomass-dominant was evenly distributed throughout the water column from November 2019 to March 2020, with ~20% of subadults and adult females remaining in the upper 200 m and ~41% migrating to 1000-2000 m. These vertical positions aligned with differences in the copepods' cholesterol content, which can enhance the tissue density at higher temperatures. Gonad development and the vertical distribution of their offspring indicate that both non-migrant and migrant females contribute to the population recruitment. We reinterpret copepod seasonal migration as a bet-hedging strategy that balances nutritional benefits near the surface with survival benefits at depth, and thereby contributes to the species' resilience under climatic change.
title Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column.
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40486188/