If the energy of the sun no longer reached Earth, the primary productivity of which of the following ecosystems would be least affected?  

A.  deep sea hydrothermal vent
B.  temperate rain forest
C.  desert
D.  taiga
E.  coral reef


A.  deep sea hydrothermal vent

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