Phytoplankton in the Barents Sea in Bloom

This natural color image 31. August 2010 at the ocean's canvas swirls turquoise, teal, green, navy and abstract art in the world of nature. The colors were painted by massive of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea surface water standard type millions of fine growing small, light-reflecting organisms made up of. Such blooms in the Barents Sea each peak in August.

Color variations due to different concentrations of phytoplankton species and. Bright blue colors are probably from coccolithophores, a sort of phytoplankton, which is covered with chalky shell that reflects light, taking, ocean milky Turquoise. Coccolithophores management team in the Barents Sea in August. -Diatoms, another type of phytoplankton is likely to be green.As a general rule, a member of the management in the Barents Sea Diatoms earlier in the year, late in the summer of coccolithophores method gives. Previous August blooms measurements in the field, however, also high levels disabled the diatoms.

In the Barents Sea has shallow sea, Russia and Scandinavia leveästä northern coastline and Svalbard, Franz Josef land, Novaya between the Islands.Low pool within a warm and salty carrying heavy gynexin bodybuilding
grades of oil, the Atlantic currents collide cold water, water currents from the Antarctic muutoksten. winter of strong winds drive currents and stir the waters. When winter's sea ice back and light in the spring, diatoms to flourish, usually peaking in May to the standard type of late.

Diatoms and exchange occurs between the Barents coccolithophores as changes during the summer months.Throughout the summer to perpetual light falls on the surface of the water temperature gradually. Finally, the session layer of the ocean stratifies condenser water warm water most of the ozone layer. Diatoms to surface nutrients and stop growing.On the other hand, Coccolithophores, make very much light warm water and nutrients depleted. these conditions are the strongest in the Barents Sea in August.

By moving to the conditions and the species responsible for the change will result in a strikingly beautiful multicolored blooms, such as this. Moderate resolution Imaging spektrosäteilymittaria (MODES), NASA's Aqua satellite was acquired by this picture.

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Instrument: the Aqua-MODES