Blue whales time their migration through middle latitude and polar oceans to coincide with maximum ________ productivity
A) dinoflagellate
B) photosynthetic bacteria
C) phytoplankton
D) primary
E) zooplankton
E
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A boiling-water nuclear reactor differs from a pressurized-water reactor in that
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