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what are the eutrophic environments characteristics?
high nutrient concentrations , coastal, upwelling and estuarine environments
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what are thw oligotrophic environments characteristics?
low nutrients and low pp, middle of the ocean, central gyres
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what causes an eutrophic environment?
a lot of mixing and big nutrient influx
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what creates a microbial loop?
the absorption of organic molecules by bacteria leaked by microbes and phytoplankton or after death
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what is a protist?
an eukaryotic organism that is not an animal plant or fungus
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what is the trophic transfer efficiency?
a fraction of biomass consumed that is converted into new biomass of the new consumer
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how does CO2 enters the Carbon cycle?
it enters through physical, biological and carbonate mechanisms
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how does Carbon is transported to the deep sea?
through sinking shells
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what are autotrophs?
an organism that produces its own food using elements like water, oxygen, CO2
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what are heterotrophs?
organisms that eat other organisms
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