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Nature 460, 581-582 (30 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/460581a; Published online 29 July 2009

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Oceanography: A fishy mix

William K. Dewar1

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Ocean life is in almost constant motion, and such activity must surely stir things up. Innovative investigations into this concept of 'biogenic mixing' show a role for jellyfish and their brethren.

Well over 100 years ago, scientists speculated that the ocean was driven by the Sun, the Moon, Earth's rotation and the combined motion of all the fishes' tails (M. G.

  1. William K. Dewar is in the Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4320, USA.
    Email: dewar@ocean.fsu.edu

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