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Science 11 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5826, pp. 838 - 839
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141272
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Perspectives

OCEAN SCIENCE:
Biomixing of the Oceans?

André W. Visser

Although the idea that small swimming organisms could change the ocean's circulation has attracted attention, their movements do not cause enough mixing.

The author is at the Technical University of Denmark, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Department of Marine Ecology and Aquaculture, Kavalergaarden 6, DK- 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark. E-mail: awv{at}difres.dk

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