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News Release 10-106
Scientists Discover Source of Essential Nutrients for Open-Ocean Algae
Algae obtain nitrate from deep waters 250 meters beneath the surface
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Microscopic algae in surface waters depend on nitrate, only available in deep waters.
Credit: Kim Fulton-Bennett, MBARI
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Monterey Bay's kelp forests and many other ocean ecosystems are sustained by microalgae.
Credit: NOAA
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Scientists test an Apex float with a nitrate sensor in Monterey Bay, Calif.
Credit: Ken Johnson/MBARI
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Ken Johnson and other scientists with an Apex float going for a test dive in Monterey Bay.
Credit: Hans Jannasch, MBARI
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