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A viscosity-enhanced mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing
Dabiri, J.O. (2009). A viscosity-enhanced mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing. Nature (Lond.) 460(7255): 624-626. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08207
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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    Marine/Coastal

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  • Dabiri, J.O.

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    Sir Charles Darwin, grandson of the famous evolutionary pioneer, was a physicist who suggested that swimming animals might contribute significantly to the mixing of water in the ocean. Here, observations of swimming jellyfish are used to create and validate a theoretical model for the relative contributions of Darwinian mixing and turbulent wake mixing. The contribution of living organisms to ocean mixing is found to be substantial — in the same order of magnitude as winds and tides.

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