Sentences with phrase «cold nutrient rich waters»

Since phytoplankton form the base of marine food webs, the world's most productive fisheries are located in areas of coastal upwelling that bring cold nutrient rich waters to the surface (especially in the eastern boundary regions of the subtropical gyres); about half the world's total fish catch comes from upwelling zones.

Our tours take you through the cold nutrient rich waters of Black Fish Sound and the Broughton Archipelago, a stunning cluster of islands and calm inlets that create the boundary to Robson Bight, a protected marine environment to which the Orcas return each year.

Not exact matches

The fog is a gift of the Pacific Ocean's California Current where winds create upwellings that bring cold, deep, nutrient - rich waters to the surface.

This ecosystem, which alone provides 5 to 10 % of the world's catches, owes its exceptional productivity to the nutrients provided by upwellings of deep, cold, nutrient - rich water along the coasts.

The hotspots lie in a tongue of colder water rich in nutrients and fish.

That deep water is not only rich in nutrients, it also has relatively high concentrations of carbon dioxide, both because it is cold (cold water can absorb and hold more carbon dioxide than warm water) and because the decomposition of organic matter that sinks into the depths releases carbon dioxide.

When the current runs into Isabela and Fernandina, water surges upward, bringing cold, nutrient - rich water to the surface.

This moves water away from the coast, causing upwellings that bring cold, nutrient - rich water from the ocean floor to the surface, where it feeds innumerable microorganisms and algae.

They found that deep winter mixing, a seasonal process which carries colder and deeper, nutrient - rich water to the surface, plays the most important role in transporting iron to the surface.

This change reduces the upwelling of cool subsurface water and cuts off the supply of nutrient - rich cold water upwelling from below.

This cold water is nutrient - rich, supporting high levels of phytoplankton and zooplankton, diverse marine ecosystems, and rich fisheries.

This cold water is rich with nutrients, and it supports a phytoplankton community, which, in turn, is grazed by anchovies.

Sun Potion offers an ultra-high-quality, organic cold - water extract of Ashwagandha root sustainably grown in nutrient - rich soils on an organic farm in Northern India, which is one of the ideal native growing regions for the plant.

This morning we were heading 1 1/2 hours south to the open expanse at the tip of Dall Island where the nutrient - rich, cold waters of the ocean meet the warmer waters of the archipelago's many inlets.

These organisms thrive here as they are fed by the upwelling of cold, nutrient - rich water, and are somewhat protected by their distance from the mainland.

Surrounding the island are cold, nutrient - rich waters that sustain a diverse web of marine life, including pelagic fish, a variety of marine mammals, and extensive kelp forests.

The cold and nutrient - rich water surrounding the island is home to a diverse array of sea life that is not found on the southern islands.

Like Monterey Canyon to the north the canyon provides cold, nutrient - rich water to the surface during upwelling events.

After our lunch stop we begin the paddle back to Telegraph Cove, again we will stop to explore areas that abound with the intertidal & invertebrate life that thrives in our cold, nutrient rich waters.

Upwelling sucks cold nutrient - rich water that normally lies at the bottom of the ocean to the surface, providing food for hundreds of species.

The cold, nutrient - rich water surrounding the 9,491 - acre, eight - mile - long and four - mile - wide island is home for a diversity of sea life, including 100,000 northern elephant seals, California sea lions, northern fur seals and harbor seals that breed at varying times throughout the year on Point Bennett (30,000 may be on the beach at any particular time).

Suffice it to say that the cold, oxygen and nutrient rich waters fuel one of the most vibrant eco-systems on earth.

Our trip back will be relaxing, and we stop to explore coves where marine life thrives in the region's cold yet nutrient rich water.

Cabo San Lucas (also known as Los Cabos, or simply Cabo), overlooks El Arco, the amazing natural - rock arch at the peninsula's tip, and is the perfect place to take in the annual migration of whales from the warm waters of the Sea of Cortez to colder more nutrient rich seas to the north.

Huge tidal flows between the Pacific and Indian oceans cause upwelling's of cold, nutrient rich water delivering a constant stream of food for the rich reefs and marine life found around the islands of the Komodo National Park.

Engaging in the longest migration of any mammal, the California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) swims 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) each year, spending about one third of its life migrating from the cold, nutrient - rich waters of Alaska, to the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja California.

We have a vast quantity of cold, nutrient - rich water below 1000 - meter depth.

In normal years, spring and summer winds lead to upwelling of cold, nutrient - rich waters at the coast, fueling the highly productive California Current ecosystem.

Enhanced north / south blocking patterns in periods of low solar activity enhance flow in the Peruvian and Californian Currents facilitating increased eastern Pacific upwelling of cold and nutrient rich water from the deep ocean.

The typical V of a cool Pacific decadal phase can be seen in the Pacific with uprising of cold and nutrient rich water in both the north and south east.

This mirrors changes in the volume of cold, nutrient rich, deep water upwelling in the north and central Pacific.

The Pacific Ocean may be primed by reduced solar activity to more eastern ocean upwelling of cold and nutrient rich water burping carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere — and what energy there was in the western Pacific has dissipated off the eastern margin.

Similar effects are expected in upwelling areas where wind and currents bring colder and nutrient rich water to the surface.

Increased phytoplankton abundance is a consequence of increased upwelling of cold and nutrient rich sub-surface water.

A cool PDO and a La Niña are the result of cold and carbon dioxide and nutrient rich water from the oceanic abyss upwelling on the eastern Pacific margin.

Mixing of cold, nutrient rich, sub-surface water with warm surface water creates the wind and current feedbacks drive the cold tongue across the Pacific.

Increased stratification as the ocean surface warms will decrease the upwellings of nutrient - rich cold water, making oceans less productive.