Comments on: SEAPLEX Day 20 Part 2: Primary Productivity http://seaplexscience.com/2009/08/21/seaplex-day-20-part-2-primary-productivity/ Seeking the Science of the Garbage Patch Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric http://seaplexscience.com/2009/08/21/seaplex-day-20-part-2-primary-productivity/#comment-418 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:07:17 +0000 http://seaplexscience.com/?p=413#comment-418 Excellent post!

While it was hard to exactly where you were it looks like you were in the general area of the moonless mountians for areas 2,3 and 4. My understnading was that there was some upwelling in that area related to seismic activity below. One vessel going through the area had mentioned whale sightings as well.

My question is if you noticed a uniform lack of life there as compared to the California current or if there were small areas of more activity posibly related to smaller upwellings from thermal vents or the like?

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