The Seas Around Us: No. 1 – THE NATURE OF OUR SEAS
| Posted: |
07/09/2021 |
| Author(s): |
B. V. Hamon |
The ocean areas around Australia show many parallels with the better-studied oceans of the
Northern Hemisphere. In particular, the mechanisms that lead to high biological productivity in high
latitudes are the same. But the details of current systems are often very different. Our south-flowing
Leeuwin Current is unique, and the East Australian Current is a much less definite feature than its
north Atlantic counterpart, the Gulf Stream. Upwelling plays relatively little part near Australia, so that
our waters are not among the most productive in the world. These differences must have a great
influence on the distribution and abundance of seabirds in Australian waters, but detailed studies of
this influence are only just beginning.
CORRIGENDUM
'The Nature of our Seas' by B. V. Hamon in Corella 14(2). The first paragraph on page 61 should be
read after the second paragraph on page 58.
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