Diagram showing deepwater upwelling, caused by nutrient-rich bottom-water hitting the seamounts and circulating around them, and potential flow of larvae from one seamount to another.
Deepwater Upwelling
Image courtesy of Shank 2010, Oceanography; Morrison et al. 2015. Download largest version (jpg, 308 KB).

Diagram showing deepwater upwelling, caused by nutrient-rich bottom-water hitting the seamounts and circulating around them, and potential flow of larvae from one seamount to another.

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