Sentences with phrase «nutrient rich waters»

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.

The strong currents of the outer reefs bring nutrient rich waters from thousands of miles around, and in turn, lure in some of the most diverse life in the ocean, including everything from macro life to pelagic spectacles that defy the eye.

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

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.

Between Lizard Island and Cooktown the reef sits right on the edge of the Continental Shelf, bringing in an upwelling of nutrient rich water attracting large fish populations and diverse corals.

The Stellar Sea Lion, the largest of the sea lions, calls the area home year round as does the Harbor Seal, Bald Eagle (and many other sea birds), Pacific white - sided dolphin, Dall's porpoise, Black bear, mink and salmon while the cold, nutrient rich waters create an incredible inter and sub-tidal invertebrate ecosystem to explore.

Feeding The Cassin's auklet feeds offshore, often relying on upwellings of cooler nutrient rich waters and associating with bathymetric landmarks such the continental shelf and underwater canyons.

Komodo is blessed by a through flow of currents and cold water upwellings flowing to and from the Indian Ocean providing nutrient rich waters where swathes of soft corals, sponges, ascidians and clouds of brightly coloured fish thrive.

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.

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.

The decadal effects are caused by changes in upwelling of cold and nutrient rich water in the north and south eastern Pacific are very well demonstrated — with important feedbacks on winds and cloud.

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.

The Ribbon Reefs sit right on the edge of the Continental Shelf, bringing in an upwelling of nutrient rich water that attracts large fish populations and diverse coral species.

Without regular flow of the river's nutrient rich water, the once teeming delta ecosystem and fishing communities have flatlined.

The setup, put together by scientists at the International Potato Center, is a hermetically sealed container that mimics the day lengths, atmosphere, and temperature of Mars, fed by a «nutrient rich water» (no word on whether human waste was involved).

Travelling out into this remote wild area we focus on the diverse wildlife that lives, feeds and breeds in these nutrient rich waters, keeping an eye out for the humpback whales that are returning each year in increasing numbers.

These nutrient rich waters fuel the high primary productivity seen in Carmel and Monterey Bays, which in turn support the high diversity of life observed in the water and on land at Point Lobos.

The entire area is covered with beautiful sea apples, their bodies decorated in amazing maroon, studded with golden beads and bright yellow or cream colored tentacles they use to filter feed on the nutrient rich waters.

Away from the crowds and with some of the Caribbean's best diving right on your doorstep, this unspoiled natural paradise is equally stunning, both above and below its nutrient rich water's surface.

It is not all sessile stuff when diving at Taveuni however, as the nutrient rich waters also promise plenty of pelagic fish species.

The major upwellings in the ocean are associated with the divergence of currents that bring deeper, colder, nutrient rich waters to the surface.

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.

The nutrient rich waters in which we operate are near core habitat for Humpback Whales, Northern Resident Killer Whales / Orca, Steller Sea Lions, Dall's Porpoise and more.

Although there are lots of dive sites in Thailand where you can see whale sharks, the nutrient rich waters contain loads of planktons which attracts whale sharks all the time.

The nutrient rich waters flowing out of the mangroves feed dense collections of multi-coloured soft corals and sponges on the north tip of Ceningan.

The Sea of Cortez also has nutrient rich water and massive amount of diverse species.

Bordered on all sides by tidal rapids, the Octopus Islands boast clear, nutrient rich waters and an abundance of marine organisms.

Both feed and fatten up offshore on the abundant herring, squid and needle fish that school up in the nutrient rich waters offshore of Tofino and Ucluelet.

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.

The nutrient rich waters surrounding Tobago attract a wide variety of coral and fish life.

The warm, nutrient rich water is home to an abundance of fish and sea life.

Further south lies Triton Bay, whose milky, nutrient rich waters are home to an amazing array of soft corals and macro critters.

This species tends to prosper after a flood when the nutrient rich waters aid the growth of phytoplankton.

This area has nutrient rich water and is a very productive fishing area.

The goal is to recycle the nutrient rich water into soil-less vegetable production filtering the water in the process so it can be constantly reused.

We have both stores of nutrient rich water and heavily insolated land.

As outlined by Grebmeir 2015, the productivity in the Chukchi Sea (and likely the entire Arctic ocean) depends on the inflows of nutrient rich waters.

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

A 20 to 30 year change in the volume of frigid and nutrient rich water upwelling from the abysmal depths.

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.