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RECENTLY I correlated1 the movements of deep scattering layers with the relative decrease in light intensity, using data from Clarke and Backus2 and Kampa and Boden3. In my opinion, this correlation supports my hypothesis that the relative change in light intensity is the stimulus which causes pelagic animals to perform at least part of the diurnal vertical migration.
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Clarke, G. L., and Backus, R. H., Bull. Int. Océanogr. Monaco, 64, 1 (1964).
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RINGELBERG, J. Stimulus for Diurnal Vertical Migration of Pelagic Animals. Nature 212, 307 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212307a0
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