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. 2013 Nov 8;8(11):e80168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080168

Figure 1. Map of temperate Australia indicating the flow of the two main surface currents.

Figure 1

The Leeuwin Current (LC = green arrow) has a relatively uninterrupted and highly connective flow along the west and south coast whereas the East Australia Current (EAC = blue arrow) has a more heterogeneous flow, with eddies frequently spinning offshore, along the east coast [after 24]. Numbers 1-17 refer to bioregions based on the National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia [25, see Table S1]. Red dotted lines indicate summer (January, °C) isotherms [after 69]. Temperature profiles across the currents are relatively similar, despite the LC flowing across almost three times the geographic distance as the EAC.