Tiny brine shrimp a big factor in the oceans’ motion?

A pair of Artemia salina brine shrimp ... scientists believe the collective movements of tiny swimming animals such as these could be contributing an estimated one trillion watts of power to the ocean, - Hans Hillewaert/Wikimedia Commons

A pair of Artemia salina brine shrimp ... scientists believe the collective movements of tiny swimming animals such as these could be contributing an estimated one trillion watts of power to the ocean. - Hans Hillewaert/Wikimedia Commons

Could the humble brine shrimp, a few millimetres in length, be partly responsible for the large-scale motion of the ocean?