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May 15, 2024 · Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in affecting the ocean’s chemistry and ecosystem, according to new research.
4 days ago · San Francisco Bay, large, nearly landlocked bay indenting western California, U.S. It is a drowned river valley paralleling the coastline and is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a strait called the Golden Gate, which is spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.
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3 days ago · ocean current, stream made up of horizontal and vertical components of the circulation system of ocean waters that is produced by gravity, wind friction, and water density variation in different parts of the ocean.
May 16, 2024 · A deep-sea sponge’s intricate skeleton converts the horizontal flow of ocean currents into a vertical flow through the sponge’s body—a mechanism that helps with the sponge’s filter feeding.
3 days ago · A one-day symposium exploring the current state of research on food webs from the San Francisco Estuary to the Pacific Ocean.
May 22, 2024 · Seasonal salinity gradient and striped bass abundance and distribution from 1980-2012 in the San Francisco Estuary. Last updated on May 22, 2024. This page provides access to a set of time-series maps for six fishes that live in the SF Estuary.
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2 days ago · The Bay Area is home to a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays that predominantly drain into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun estuaries.
