What Best Explains the Low Productivity of the Open Ocean

question 48

Multiple Choice

What best explains the low productivity of the open ocean?

• A) The open ocean lacks sufficient 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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