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.
Not exact matches
The shrimp represent centimeter - sized swimmers, including krill and shrimplike copepods, found throughout the world's oceans that may together be capable of mixing ocean layers — and
delivering nutrient -
rich deep
waters to phytoplankton, or microscopic marine plants, near the surface, the researchers suggest.
What they discovered is a near - perfect system in which krill aggregations situated over the Palm Deep Canyon — a region of
nutrient -
rich waters that produce a lot of food for the krill — are
delivered close to shore by tidal currents and winds.