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North Atlantic Plankton Bloom

By jowilly | July 25, 2012
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Ocean eddies help jump-start plankton blooms that spread across hundreds of square miles In what’s known as the North Atlantic Bloom, an immense number of phytoplankton burst into existence, first “greening,” then “whitening” the sea as one or more species take the place of others. What turns on this huge bloom, what starts these ocean…

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Animation of Phytoplankton Blooms

By jowilly | July 7, 2012

An animation based on a three-dimensional model simulation reveals the processes underlying the annual spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic. This model simulation by Amala Mahadevan (WHOI) is based on a suite of observations made in 2008 by Eric D’Asaro (APL, U. Washington), Craig Lee (APL, U. Washington), and Mary Jane Perry (U. Maine).…

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