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Conceptual Diagram

Caption: This conceptual diagram depicts wind (black arrows) as the driving force behind upwelling (yellow and red arrows), which brings plankton to the surface for sardines and anchovies.

Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

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