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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-1-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-1-2015
Research article
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05 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 05 Jan 2015

Phytoplankton blooms on the western shelf of Tasmania: evidence of a highly productive ecosystem

J. Kämpf

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This paper describes the discovery of a previously unknown coastal upwelling centre on the western coast of Tasmania, Australia. This region forms part of the Great South Australian Coastal Upwelling System, which turns out one of the largest seasonal coastal upwelling systems on Earth. Upwelling events fuel phytoplankton blooms in last austral summer months and associated coastal jets are presumably an important nutrient source for the adjacent Bass Strait.