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Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.

Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.
Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.
Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.
Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.
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Taylor, Eric S.
Galápagos Islands unique ecosystem involving trade winds and EUC.
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12/21/2018
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, pg. 47:
As trade winds push surface waters westward, the underlying Equatorial Undercurrent flows eastward. When it hits the Galápagos Islands, deep nutrient-rich waters are forced upward. These waters sustain the islands unique ecosystem.
Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, WHOI Creative
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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