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Journal of Plankton Research, Vol 21, 1891-1910, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press

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Diel vertical migration and endogenous swimming rhythm in Asterope mariae (Baird) and Philomedes interpuncta (Baird) (Crustacea Ostracoda Cypridinidae)

C Macquart-Moulin
Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR CNRS 6540 DIMAR, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France

Among the benthic ostracods Asterope mariae and Philomedes interpuncta, the adult males emerge at dusk from the benthos and swim straight up to the surface, where they soon concentrate in the neustonic realm. The migration starts when the irradiance is almost 1 W cm-2 and the maximal density occurs at the surface when the light has reached 0.005 W cm-2, before it is completely dark. The migration ends <1 h later and very few animals are observed in the water column later in the night. Upward migration does not result from a positive phototaxis to dim light, but rather from a strong negative geotaxis and an increase in kinesis or swimming activity which occur at around 1 W cm-2. This activity is induced both by the end of the diurnal period of photoinhibition and by an endogenous circadian rhythm. This rhythm could be clearly observed in both species from the recordings made during up to 2 weeks in constant darkness. The length of the period was roughly 24 h (24 h 3 min in Asterope, 23 h 10 min i Philomedes). The timing of the activity phase in total darkness varied depending on the post-capture history of the experimental animals, especially on the time of onset of the experiment. The adaptive advantage of this rapid diel vertical migration may be a question of feeding, but this may also increase the nocturnal dispersal of the reproductive males, and thus promote the reproduction of the species.
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