<P> The EAC has nutrient poor water, however it does cause upwelling in places along the coast line . The Eddies produced cause an increase in vertical mixing within the Tasman Sea . The process of producing, moving, and destroying eddies causes the thermocline layer to mix with the surface layer, bringing some nutrients up to the surface . The EAC and its eddies frequently flow onto the continental shelf and inshore, influencing circulation patterns and increasing mixing . Eddies aren't the only way the EAC brings nutrients to the surface . Features along the coast push the current further off shore and if there is a strong northerly wind, it will push the current even further off shore, allowing deep water to rise up the coast, bringing nutrients up to the surface . </P> <P> The EAC experiences seasonally variations . It tends to be strongest in the summer, with an amplitude flow around 36.3 Sv . It is its weakest during the winter months flowing at a rate around 27.4 Sv . Over the past 50--60 years the EAC has shifted . The south Tasman Sea has become warmer and saltier from 1944 - 2002 . This has resulted in the current strengthening and extending southward . This shift in the EAC flow past Tasmania is controlled the Southern Hemisphere subtropical ocean circulation . This trend is thought to be caused by changes in wind patterns due to ozone depletion over Australia . There is a strong consensus with climate models that this trend will continue to intensify and accelerate over the next 100 years . The current is predicted to increase greater than 20%, thanks to the increase in South Pacific winds . </P> <P> In the 2003 Disney / Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, the EAC is portrayed as a superhighway that fish and sea turtles use to travel down the east coast of Australia . The characters Marlin and Dory join a group of sea turtles in using the EAC to help them travel to Sydney Harbour . The basic premise of this storyline is correct . Every summer, thousands of fish are swept from the Great Barrier Reef to Sydney Harbour and further south . </P>

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