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6. what creates a microbial loop?

  • the absorption of organic molecules by bacteria leaked by microbes and phytoplankton or after death
  • the microbial cycle
  • the secretion of detritus by organisms

7. what causes an eutrophic environment?

  • a lot of mixing and big nutrient influx
  • stratification

8. what is a protist?

  • an eukaryotic organism that is not an animal plant or fungus
  • It was me...DIO

9. what are thw oligotrophic environments characteristics?

  • low nutrients and low pp, middle of the ocean, central gyres
  • high nutrients and high pp

10. how does Carbon is transported to the deep sea?

  • through sinking shells
  • through ocean gyres