Movement of plankton between tropical marine ecosystems drives “sweet spots” for fishing (IMAGE)

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Movement of plankton between tropical marine ecosystems drives “sweet spots” for fishing

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Sweet spots of tropical biomass production emerge where favourable ocean conditions concentrate resources, and also their consumers. Here, schools of sweetlips, snappers, fusiliers and unicornfishes congregate at a coral reef in Kri, Raja Ampat (Indonesia).

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Emry Oxford, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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