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Barnacles Prefer Upwelling Currents, Enriching Food Chains in the Galapagos
Description: The barnacle, a key thread in the marine food web, was thought to be missing along rocky coasts dominated by upwelling. Now a research team headed by Brown University marine ecologist Jon Witman has found the opposite to be true: Barnacle populations thrive in vertical upwelling zones in moderately deep waters in the Galapagos Islands. [Brown University]
URL: http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2010/03/upwelling
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Source: Brown University
Publish Date: 3/2/2010
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