Travelling Expenses: The Energy Cost of Diel Vertical Migrations of Epipelic Microphytobenthos

The physiology of the diel movements of epipelic microphytobenthic diatoms is not fully understood. As well, the evolutionary pressures that led to migratory behavior and the ecological role of vertical migrations remain unknown. The behavioral photoprotection hypothesis, according to which the diat...

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Main Authors: Jorge Marques da Silva, Bernardo Duarte, Andrei Borissovitch Utkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00433/full