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Biological oceanography

the idea that a spring phytoplankton bloom begins only when the surface mixed layer becomes shallower than the depth where production equals losses.

In biological oceanography, critical depth hypothesis refers to the idea that a spring phytoplankton bloom begins only when the surface mixed layer becomes shallower than the depth where production equals losses. This meaning comes from Sverdrup (1953) in ICES Journal of Marine Science.[1]

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References

Sverdrup, H. U. (1953). On Conditions for the Vernal Blooming of Phytoplankton. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 18(3), 287-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/18.3.287

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