Productivity is the amount of carbon fixed by organisms through the synthesis of organic matter using energy derived from ________ and ________

A) hydrothermal, available nutrients
B) chemosynthesis, hydrothermal
C) chemosynthesis, photosynthesis
D) photosynthesis, hydrothermal
E) none of these


C

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