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| Keywords: ArabianSea AMO 2005053 crop.jpg Phytoplankton flowering in the Arabian Sea Source http //earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2 php3 img_id 12730 Ribbons and swirls of yellow trace out regions of high chlorophyll concentration in the Arabian Sea in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS image taken by NASA ™s Aqua satellite on February 22 2005 Some of the high chlorophyll concentrations seen here may be related to recent floods along the coast of Pakistan Flood water sweeps minerals from the land into the ocean providing iron and other nutrients for phytoplankton to grow Wind-blown dust is another source of nutrients for phytoplankton and MODIS observed dust storms over the Arabian Sea on February 19 and February 17 These storms may have contributed to the growth of the phytoplankton Cropped by User Yareite PD-USGov Phytoplankton Algal blooms Aerial views of the Arabian Sea NASA MODIS images | ||||
