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saw5 [17]
3 years ago
14

Why is primary production and animal life concentrated at the surface in pelagic regions of the open-ocean?

Biology
1 answer:
konstantin123 [22]3 years ago
7 0
Photosynthesising primary producers require sunlight. Therefore, in the ocean, phytoplankton would be concentrated within the surface layers of the ocean where the sunlight penetrates. Phytoplankton support a wide range of marine life: zooplankton feed on phytoplankton, which in turn support fish and so on. 
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