Deep scattering layers are best developed in regions with high surface productivity
a. True
b. False
True
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tropical cyclone. What will be an ideal response?
Figure 3.18 Estimated annual average net primary productivity in major life zones and ecosystems pressed as kilocalories of energy produced per square meter per year (kcal/m2/yr).
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Examine the accompanying figure. Notice the amount of average net primary productivity gets smaller and smaller as you move down the list of terrestrial ecosystems and, similarly, in the list of aquatic ecosystems. What is the common factor in the terrestrial system that causes the decline? What is the common factor in the aquatic system that causes the decline there?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. radiation b. latent heat exchange c. conduction d. advection e. convection