The Ecological Association

conduct a literature review  All sources described in the paper should be more recent than 2015  summarize current research and describe it in such a way that you are demonstrating characterize an organism’s proximal/ecological response to its environment in contrast to its ultimate/adaptive response through evolution.” minimum of 5 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles Prompt: The key theme is diving behavior of pelagic filter-feeding megafauna, which includes organisms such as whale sharks, basking sharks, and manta rays. However other pelagic species that exhibit deep diving behavior (> 200 m) are also of interest so if tunas, sharks, sperm whales, or other mammals interest you then they can be your focal species. I am also interested in the ecological association with the “sound-scattering layer” or “deep scattering layer.” It may also be interesting to compare multiple species in the same body of water, or the same species in multiple bodies of water. You are free to get creative and let your own curiosity guide your research.