Joann, a marine scientist, is studying the amount of dissolved iron, nitrate, and phosphate in the upper water column of

the open ocean to determine if nutrients are limiting phytoplankton growth. What kind of marine scientist is she?
a. physical oceanographer
b. chemical oceanographer
c. marine biologist
d. marine geologist
e. marine engineer


b

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