Are diel vertical migrations of European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) early juveniles under direct control of light intensity? Evidence from a large field experiment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60077344:_____/18:00494916

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.13085" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fwb.13085</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13085" target="_blank" >10.1111/fwb.13085</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Are diel vertical migrations of European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) early juveniles under direct control of light intensity? Evidence from a large field experiment

Original language description

Diel vertical migrations (DVMs) belong among the most pronounced movements in the aquatic environment. A general pattern of DVMs has been well described, particularly in European perch (Perca fluviatilis), but whether the migrations are directly controlled by light and what is the ultimate cause of the diel vertical shifts, remains poorly understood. Undertaking a large-scale field experiment in a thermally stratified, canyon-shaped reservoir, we demonstrated for the first time that DVMs of a bathypelagic early juveniles community, dominated by European perch larvae and juveniles prior the metamorphosis, were under direct control of the light intensity; that is, they did not operate as a genetically fixed behaviour. Prior to the experiment, the depth distribution of the bathypelagic perch early juveniles was strongly correlated with the light intensity on the water surface (p&lt;.001). The community underwent regular DVMs between the epilimnion (depth &lt;2.0m) and hypolimnion (depth &gt;3.0m) reaching a maximum amplitude of 13m. Hydroacoustic recordings by the echosounder SIMRAD EK 60 (120 and 400 kHz) showed that during the experiment, when the surface was covered with a large black non-transparent foil (2500 m(2); simulated conditions of complete and constant darkness), the regular vertical movement of the bathypelagic perch early juveniles was interrupted and the community occupied the epilimnion constantly for 24hr. Immediately after the foil was removed at midday, the bathypelagic perch early juveniles were exposed to a steep increase in light intensity (from &lt;1 LUX to &gt;100x10(3) LUX) and they escaped into the hypolimnion where they were safe from visual predation which took place in the bright surface layers (epilimnion particularly). Our findings imply that occupying a deep, dark refuge in the daytime is essential for the survival of perch in their early life stage.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Freshwater Biology

ISSN

0046-5070

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

473-482

UT code for WoS article

000428995400006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85042048271