Outwelling
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outwelling-235-5253994
title:
Outwelling
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Outwelling is a hypothesized process by which coastal salt marshes and mangroves, “hot spots” of production, produce an excess amount of carbon each year and “outwell” these organic nutrients and detritus into the surrounding coastal embayment or ocean, thus increasing the productivity of local fisheries or other coastal plants. Outwelling also nourishes plankton communities and causes a spike in activity.
The majority of outwelling is dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and some particulate organic
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Excess nutrients produced by salt marshes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outwelling
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2023-08-23T21:09:54Z
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