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Nowadays, ecologists are not very interested in the physiological–behavioural mechanisms that underlie ecological phenomena. Attention is focused on ultimate, evolutionary aspects. This also holds for investigators of diel vertical migration (DVM). Since we know that many migrations are strategies to avoid predation by visually hunting planktivores fish, research was stimulated and a large number of papers appeared. However, without a mechanistic approach deep understanding of migration is not possible. Adaptive goals have to be realised by mechanisms.
… very little is known about what characteristic of changing light field triggers the migration
(Forward, 1988, still cited by Frank and Widder, 1996, p. 191)
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Ringelberg, J. (2010). Light-Induced, Reactive Swimming. In: Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3093-1_3
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