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News Release 15-025
Spring plankton bloom hitches ride to sea's depths on ocean eddies
Eddies--whirlpools within currents--transport plankton downward from the ocean surface
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![The bright blue and green colors in this satellite image show the North Atlantic Bloom.](/news/mmg/media/images/NASA North Atlantic Bloom_f.jpg)
The bright blue and green colors in this satellite image show the North Atlantic Bloom.
Credit: NASA
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![The chain-forming diatom Thalassiosira, seen under a microscope](/news/mmg/media/images/PLATE 6 C7_2_f.jpg)
The chain-forming diatom Thalassiosira, seen under a microscope; it's a common bloom phytoplankton.
Credit: Tatiana Rynearson
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![Scientist with a seaglider as it's lowered into the ocean](/news/mmg/media/images/080404_NAB08_0070_f.jpg)
Seaglider as it's lowered into the ocean; it roamed the North Atlantic, tracking the bloom.
Credit: Eric Rehm
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![A sediment trap being lifted from the ocean by a crane](/news/mmg/media/images/P1130758_sed_trap_f.jpg)
A sediment trap is recovered from the North Atlantic by a crane on a research vessel.
Credit: Amala Mahadevan
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![duck looking at a water-sampling rosette being lowered into the ocean](/news/mmg/media/images/DSC_16_f.jpg)
Water-sampling rosette being lowered into the North Atlantic, attracting waterfowl curiosity.
Credit: Amala Mahadevan
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![Scientist Melissa Omand at the research dock](/news/mmg/media/images/Melissa_1386_f.jpg)
Scientist Melissa Omand at the research dock, the staging area for the bloom project.
Credit: Amala Mahadevan
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![Science cover](/news/mmg/media/images/Science cover 150327HR_f.jpg)
The researchers' findings are described in the March 27 issue of Science magazine. In the cover image, the cargo adaptor Bicaudal-D2 (orange) brings the dyein motor complex (yellow) together with its essential cofactor dynactin (red.) This giant complex of 37 proteins drags cellular cargos for long distances along microtubules (blue) Cryo-electron microscopy provides insight into the structural assembly and operation of this supracomplex. See page 1441.
Credit: Illustration: Chris Bickel, Science
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