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Thousands of small fish and krill rise through dim blue-green water above a kelp forest at dusk, part of the ocean's daily vertical migration.

The Largest Commute on Earth: Diel Vertical Migration Below the Kelp

Every night, billions of animals rise hundreds of metres to feed, then sink before dawn. How the largest daily migration on Earth threads through kelp food webs.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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Day and Night in the Kelp Forest: How Whole Communities Commute at Dusk

At dusk the kelp forest changes shifts: plankton rises, fish reposition, predators hunt the borders. The daily migrations that run the reef's nightly economy.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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