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EFFECTS OF A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN OCEANIC ZOOPLANKTERS1
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GeophysicsOcean MonitoringLight IntensityEngineeringPhysical OceanographyAtmospheric ScienceOceanic ScienceOceanographic ResearchMarine EcologyMarine SystemsOceanographyClarke‐bumpus NetsMarine BiologyMarch 1970Marine EnvironmentEarth ScienceOceanic SystemsClimate Dynamics
The effect of the total solar eclipse of 7 March 1970 on some oceanic Copepoda and Euphausiacea in the Gulf of Mexico was studied by taking 10‐min tows with Clarke‐Bumpus nets on the days before, during, and after the eclipse. Illumination was continuously recorded. Most organisms that responded to the eclipse did so by migrating to the surface during totality. The magnitude of this response appeared to exceed that to the decrease in light intensity at night.