Although We Have Explored Only a Small Portion of the World's

question 31

Multiple Choice

Although we have explored only a small portion of the world's oceans,general patterns in marine biodiversity observed include:

• A) Ecological services in marine ecosystems are valued at twice that of terrestrial ecosystems.
• B) Biodiversity is greater in costal areas than in the open sea.
• C) The greatest marine biodiversity occur in estuaries, coral reefs and deep-ocean floor
• D) Biodiversity is greater in bottom region than the surface regions of the ocean.
• E) All of these answers.

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