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What are upwellings?

What are upwellings? Here are some definitions.

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  1. plural of upwelling
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These upwellings support blooms of phytoplankton, which in turn produce zooplankton and support many of the world's main fisheries.
They are most commonly found over upwellings or the continental shelf, rarely close to shore.
Studies off northwest Africa found they favor areas where the seabed slopes steeply, creating strong currents and upwellings, which tend to support higher prey densities.
The southernmost auks, in California and Mexico, can survive there because of cold upwellings.
One of the known look-alikes on SAR images is caused by upwellings.
Plankton blooms usually follow coastal upwellings because of the abundant nutrients that come with it.

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