Upwellings provide an important mixing mechanism for surface and deep waters that:

a) bring high levels of oxygen to the seafloor
b) brings cold, deep, highly saline nutrient-rich water to the surface
c) brings cold, shallow, nutrient-poor water to the deep
d) all of the above


B

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