What Best Explains the Low Productivity of the Open Ocean

question 26

Multiple Choice

What best explains the low productivity of the open ocean?

• A)The open ocean lacks insufficient light to support photosynthesis.
• B)Nutrients rapidly sink to depths that sunlight cannot reach.
• C)The open ocean is actually very productive, but its primary producers are consumed as quickly as they grow.
• D)These regions are typically too cool to support significant primary production.

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