Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Ocean Currents

Ocean currents are large-scale, continuous movements of seawater driven by wind, differences in water density from temperature and salinity, gravity, and the Earth's rotation. They form an interconnected system that redistributes heat, nutrients, oxygen, and organisms across the globe, shaping regional climates and …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 3 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 2× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2643-0282 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Ocean currents are large-scale, continuous movements of seawater driven by wind, differences in water density from temperature and salinity, gravity, and the Earth's rotation. They form an interconnected system that redistributes heat, nutrients, oxygen, and organisms across the globe, shaping regional climates and underpinning the productivity of marine ecosystems. Surface currents respond largely to prevailing winds, while deeper currents are governed by density-driven circulation, together forming the global conveyor that links the world's oceans. Within marine science, ocean currents are central to understanding how nutrients and organisms disperse and how pelagic food webs are sustained. The journal's scope addresses these connections, including research on the krill-to-whale component of the pelagic food web associated with migrations following deep-sea seamounts, studies of factors affecting fish populations in river and coastal systems, and work on broader approaches to fisheries management. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to ocean currents and the physical and ecological processes that move energy, nutrients, and marine life through the oceans.

Research published in this journal

3 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 3 articles above have been cited 2 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Ocean Currents, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Marine Science Journal (ISSN 2643-0282).

Journal editorial board
Begoña Martínez-Crego · Portugal Timo Arula · Estonia Raffaella Casotti · Italy

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