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Nature 394, 228-229 (16 July 1998) | doi:10.1038/28285

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Oceanography:  Eddies make ocean deserts bloom

Richard G. Williams1 & Michael J. Follows2

Phytoplankton require nutrients for growth and reproduction, and they need to have them in the euphotic zone, the sunlit 'skin' of the ocean where photosynthesis can take place. Traditionally, nutrient supply to the euphotic zone has been explained in terms of large-scale circulation over entire ocean basins.

  1. Richard G. Williams is in the Oceanography Laboratories, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
    e-mail: Email: ric@liv.ac.uk
  2. Michael J. Follows is in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
    e-mail: Email: mick@plume.mit.edu