Posted by SteveK on May 16, 2003 at 07:34:48:
In Reply to: # 5 posted by Edie Tide on May 15, 2003 at 22:40:38:
You're starting to learn. Here's another tidbit from the researchers from Woods Hole.
"Also in this region, there are persistent mesoscale eddies that may retain drifters - and presumably biological particles - for months. In the Southern California Bight, a persistent coastal eddy provides"