SeaWiFS: Bering Sea

The intense aquamarine blooms of previous years are not present in this SeaWiFS image of the Bering Sea. There is still plenty of phytoplankton activity evident, however. Some of the phytoplankton communities have a decidedly reddish color.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published June 5, 2001
Data acquired June 5, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton