"There's a big spring plankton bloom, so that's why they're here, " said Emmons, who never ceases to be awed by the animals.
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And in the Bay of Bengal off Bangladesh, satellite imagery has shown that higher water temperatures cause plankton blooms that carry cholera epidemics.
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These plankton bloom annually in the spring and summer as day length increases and sea ice retreats, before lowering in number during the winter.
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Spring storms disturb nutrients in the water which, together with the strengthening power of the sun, act as the catalysts for the plankton bloom.
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An abundance of planktonic algae ( or plankton bloom ) in early summer changes the water chemistry and leads to the precipitation of calcium carbonate.
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Another institute scientist, Graeme Arnott, said the plankton bloom appeared to have started off the South Australian coast around March 22 and spread east and west.
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Late spring winds set off major upwelling along the Bay Area coast, and in turn, there have been huge plankton blooms, attracting schools of anchovies and herring.
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The Victorian Fisheries Research Institute said Tuesday the unprecedented plankton bloom was swept to the surface by a huge upwelling of deep cold water over the past month.
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But he said other scientific studies have shown that this sea floor venting causes vast plankton blooms and huge plumes of warm water welling up from the bottom.
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Scientists hope that eventually the gliders could be used to monitor pollution levels, keep tabs on plankton blooms and, quite literally, " swim with the fishes " or other prey.
