From rubber ducks to ocean gyres

Simon Boxall
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Simon Boxall: Simon Boxall is a lecturer in oceanography at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK. simon.boxall@noc.soton.ac.uk

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7250, 1058-1059

Abstract: The tale of Curtis Ebbesmeyer's use of beachcombing to reveal patterns of ocean circulation conveys the romance of early marine science, but his lessons for today are serious, finds Simon Boxall.

Date: 2009
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