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Title: What is the greatest source of oxygen in deep water?
Post by: ibukunsulie85 on Jan 23, 2018

What is the greatest source of oxygen in deep water?
  a. The respiration from bacteria
  b. The lack of large quantities of organisms
  c. Chemosynthesis
  d. Polar waters that have sunk from the surface



Title: What is the greatest source of oxygen in deep water?
Post by: scatherine on Jan 23, 2018

ANS: D
Polar waters are very rich in nutrients, including oxygen. This water sinks from the surface in these
regions and then circulated through deep water. Information can be found in the section Gases
Dissolve in Seawater



Title: What is the greatest source of oxygen in deep water?
Post by: ibukunsulie85 on Jan 23, 2018
Thanks again