Such devices have been shown to produce plankton blooms.
The resulting plankton bloom was much appreciated by the local fish population, and the last cod harvest had been a record one.
Areas of high productivity tend to be somewhat turbid from plankton blooms.
Upwelling with plankton blooms continued along the west coast supporting well as oysters and similar animals.
When the plankton blooms died and settled to the ocean floor, some experts believe, they provided the starting material for much of the world's oil.
But now satellites can detect plankton blooms over large areas and over time, by noting changes in ocean color.
A feast for birds as the last of the plankton bloom lures herring into danger.
Ocean wave devices have been shown to produce plankton blooms.
The dead zones are caused by massive plankton blooms.
"There is still a lot of work to be done, but satellites tell us that plankton blooms and the dust plumes off Africa coincide."