Surface Slicks (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Surface Slicks

Caption

Surface slicks are naturally occurring ocean surface features that are nursery habitat for larval fish. Slicks concentrate larval fish food and small plastics.

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NOAA Fisheries, Jonathan Whitney

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