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| ISS002 Earth Sciences Results Briefing February 14, 2002 |
| DYNAMIC EVENTS |
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| Plankton offshore from the Namibian Desert. In Shuttle photographs of offshore Namibia we typically see coccolithophorid plankton blooms, which appear as milky bright blue spots in the ocean. There are few photos of this area (perhaps only one other) showing the filamentous Trichodesmium plankton seen here. We will confer with plankton specialists about occurrences of this type of plankton off of Namibia -- different nutrient sources for the two varieties? different current patterns? seasonal vs. infrequent occurrences of Trichodesmium? |
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