In particular he has described the movements, horizontal and vertical, of the water between the Antarctic Continent and the northern limits of the Southern Ocean, defining Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic areas which are proving significant in the study of the distribution of plankton and of free-swimming and bottom-living animals. He has shown that practically all the bottom water of the Antarctic origin in all the oceans is formed in the Weddell Sea."
This individual's research focuses on the movements of water between Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, particularly the formation of Antarctic origin bottom water in the Weddell Sea, which is crucial for understanding plankton distribution and the movement of marine life.