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Fish are abundant in areas where the ocean is upwelling because it -?
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Brings nutrients to the surface water.
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How does upwelling bring fish or nutrients to the surface?
how does upwelling bring fish and nutrients to the surface
What industry is dependent upon the productive waters of an upwelling area?
The fishing industry depends on fish gathering at the nutrient rich water upwelling from deeper ocean climes.
What is a long horned cowfish?
A long horned cowfish is a fish that mostly comes in water. They live in the ocean in rocky areas or in sandy areas. They swim almost live a helicopter because they hover under water to swim.
What ocean zone is a star fish in?
Starfish are found in all temperate or tropical oceans. They are hugely adaptable and can live happily on sandy, coral, muddy or rocky seabeds. They are most abundant in the Atlantic ocean.
What areas in the ocean are most sharks found?
The Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Do The surface areas of the ocean have abundant nutrients?
The surface areas of the ocean have abundant nutrients.
An upwelling brings nutrients from the floor of the ocean to the surface?
TRUE
Describe at least two ways in which upwelled water might differ from the water around it?
1.Upwelling provides nutrients that supports animals and plants in surface waters. 2.Many fisheries are located in areas of upwelling because ocean animals thrive there
How does upwelling affect the distribution of nutrients of the ocean?
Upwelling brings up tiny ocean organisms, minerals, and other nutrients from the deeper layers of the water. Without this motion, the surface waters of the open ocean would be very scarce in nutrients.
What is the process of upwelling?
Upwelling in biology is the process in which nutrient rich soil that is located deeper in the ocean rises to the surface due to ocean currents and winds. This is important because it allows the organisms living at the surface to get their needed nutriends
Why are upwelling areas usually very productive fishing areas?
Since upwelling displaces the warmer water with less or no nutrients (located on the ocean surface) with the colder water with more nutrients (located near ocean floor), upwelling water contains more nutrients. These nutrients come from dead or decaying organic matter on the ocean floor, which release nutrients like phosphate and nitrate. When these nutrients are brought up to the surface water, phytoplankton use these nutrients, along with energy from the sun, to perform photosynthesis and produce organic compounds.
At a divergent boundary land is gained or lost?
At a divergent boundary, land is gained. Ocean ridges are prominent at divergent plate boundaries. Ocean ridges are areas of seafloor spreading. Seafloor spreading occurs as upwelling magma rises to the surface. This upwelling magma hardens and forms new seafloor.
How does upwelling bring fish or nutrients to the surface?
how does upwelling bring fish and nutrients to the surface
Upwelling and downwelling?
Upwelling is caused by currents on the surface. When water moves from the bottom of the ocean towards the surface it is called upwelling. Downwelling is when more dense water sinks. This process moves nutrients back to the deep part of the ocean.
What is the process that brings nutrients to the surface of the ocean?
Upwelling
What do you mean by upwelling?
Ocean upwelling is a phenomena where cooler deep ocean currents come to the surface, with the usual mechanism being the driving of the water by wind. A more general definition is one that includes the idea of "rising from below or within" as an upwelling of emotion. Here are a couple of sentences: An upwelling of anger fueled his outburst.The thought of the passing of her uncle triggered an upwelling of tears.
Describe the two steps of upwelling?
Upwelling is water raising from deep in the ocean to the surface. It can be caused by wind ar density currents.
