Phytoplankton can actively diversify their migration strategy in response to turbulent cues

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 543; no. 7646; pp. 555 - 558
• Main Authors: Sengupta, Anupam, Carrara, Francesco, Stocker, Roman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.03.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/856; 631/57/343; 639/301/923/916; 639/766/189; 704/829/826; Acclimatization; Avoidance Learning; Behavior; Cues; Ecosystem; Eddies; Environmental aspects; Gravitation; Humanities and Social Sciences; letter; Locomotion; Marine biology; Microbiological research; multidisciplinary; Nutrient availability; Oceanic turbulence; Oceans and Seas; Phytoplankton; Phytoplankton - physiology; Plankton; Science; Seawater; Stress, Physiological; Subpopulations; Surface water; Swimming; Turbulence; Turbulence (Fluid dynamics); Water Movements

Here, marine phytoplankton are shown to diversify their migratory strategy in response to turbulent cues through a rapid change in shape, thus challenging a fundamental paradigm in oceanography that phytoplankton are passively at the mercy of ocean turbulence. Phytoplankton evade rough seas Until no...