Conceptual Diagram (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

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.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

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