Changes in coastal upwelling linked to temporary declines in marine ecosystem

Friday, September 19, 2014 - 01:01 in Biology & Nature

In findings of relevance to both conservationists and the fishing industry, new research links short-term reductions in growth and reproduction of marine animals off the California Coast to increasing variability in the strength of coastal upwelling currents -- currents which historically supply nutrients to the region's diverse ecosystem.

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