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Swimming Creatures Stir Up the Ocean

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August 06, 2009

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A new study of jellyfish locomotion shows that small swimming animals may have a big effect on ocean mixing and circulation. Watch this videocast to learn more.

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“A Viscosity-enhanced Mechanism for Biogenic Ocean Mixing, ” Kakani Katija and John O. Dabiri, Nature, July 20, 2009, Vol. 460, pp 624-626.

 

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