Question

name few importance of currents of pacific ocean

Answer 1

The Pacific has the most varied array of plants (algae) and animals of the world’s oceans. The circum global mixing of water in the southern and, to a much more limited extent, northern polar reaches of the Pacific permits the intermingling of flora and fauna from other oceanic regions, while temperate and tropical surface waters of the Pacific are more likely to have indigenous biotas. On the rocky cold-water coasts of North and South America, for example, are found vast forest like kelp beds made up of brown algae of the genus Lamin aria, with individual plants often reaching heights of 100 feet (30 metres) or more. They harbour a rich animal complement of invertebrates and fishes approaching a faun all variety that vies with that of tropical rain forests. Where up welling and other current conditions add nutrients to the offshore surface waters of these same reaches of the Pacific, dense concentrations of plankton-feeding fishes thrive, predominantly those of the herring family and its relatives.