I recently saw a documentary on Encephalopods on PBS (encephalopods:
marine creatures belonging to the same family as squid). If I
remember correctly, encephalopods are larger in the North Pacific
because the water is more oxygenated then in the south. Thus, the
creatures in the north grow larger for whatever reason that
oxygenated water causes larger growth--I assume for similar reasons
as to why farming works better at lower altitudes. However, this
explanation doesn't explain why there is more diversity in the south.
But don't take my word for it--I'm no cardiologist :).
Marko A. Rodriguez
Los Alamos National Laboratory (P362-proto)
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone +1 505 606 1691
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~okram
On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Phil Henshaw wrote:
so... I'm in south Florida with my son for a week enjoying the Keys
and the Everglades (just a little more interesting than the subway!)
and it came to me that the northern oceans there is lots more biomass
and in the southern, lots more species. Anyone know if there's a
model for that? All my notes are home, but I remember some stocks &
flows model theorists talking about maximizing systems by something
like internal recycling. Does that connect?
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