vertical migration

collocation in English

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vertical
adjective
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/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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migration
noun[C or U]
uk
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the ...
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(Definition ofverticalandmigrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We anticipate that the stratification, in suppressing theverticalmigrationof fluid particles, will suppress the vertical transport of heat.
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The very porous nature of the substrate on which the station is built would readily allowverticalmigration of surface water to (the probably saline) groundwater at the near-sealevel site.
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Crofton (1954) claimed thatverticalmigrationis basically only random crawling modified by environmental conditions.
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Diatomverticalmigrationin response to light, and an alteration of the main functional taxonomic group, has implications for the interpretation and value of fluorescence data.
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Most types of plankton and some types of nekton have exhibited some type ofverticalmigration, although it is not always diel.
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This pattern ofverticalmigrationis seen in many marine animals as they track the movement of plankton in the water column.
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A few days later the light was changed to a constant low light and the organisms still displayed dielverticalmigration.
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It lives in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and performs dielverticalmigration.
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Based on catch records, the cookiecutter shark appears to conduct a dielverticalmigrationof up to 3km mi each way.
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Developed the model ofverticalmigrationof the abiotic oil from the great depth to its accumulations in the upper crust.
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However, phytoplankton and zooplankton capable of dielverticalmigrationare often concentrated in the pycnocline.
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This species undergoesverticalmigrationfrom 900500 m depth during the day, rising to 263102 m depth at night.
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Biological factors include breeding, predation, concentration of phytoplankton, andverticalmigration.
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This has often been referred to as diurnal or dielverticalmigration.
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Endemism,verticalmigration, and relict populations are some of the natural phenomena to be found on sky islands.
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Thus, they perform a dailyverticalmigrationof 15 meters, no small feat a creature only 3 mm long.
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The false bottom was shallower during the night and deeper during the day; this was the first recording of dielverticalmigration.
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This implies thatverticalmigrationmay be a bi- or tri-daily occurrence.
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Adult snake mackerels conduct a dielverticalmigration, staying in deeper water during the day and rising to the surface at night to feed.
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