ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Biological clocks in pelagic systems
Coordinated vertical migrations of animals in open waters (pelagic zone) are among the largest biomass movements on Earth. They structure marine ecosystem and are thereby essential to humans (e.g. fisheries, carbon-cycle). Yet, the mechanisms of these migrations are hardly understood, especially the impact of endogenous clocks vs. direct responses to environmental cycles. Endogenous clocks are central to various organismal rhythms. Importantly, they maintain organismal rhythmicity even under constant environmental conditions, clearly distinguishing clock-driven processes from those that are directly environmentally-controlled. Pelagic vertical migration behavior, environment and clocks…
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