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... Density is also a function of salinity , increasing salinity causing increasing density . However , the range of temperatures found throughout the world oceans is greater than the range of salinities , and temperature is therefore more ...
... Density is also a function of salinity , increasing salinity causing increasing density . However , the range of temperatures found throughout the world oceans is greater than the range of salinities , and temperature is therefore more ...
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... density ( mass per unit volume ) that is somewhat greater than that of seawater . This means that any plankton organism will eventually tend to sink in the water column . This can be deleterious for both phytoplankton and zooplankton ...
... density ( mass per unit volume ) that is somewhat greater than that of seawater . This means that any plankton organism will eventually tend to sink in the water column . This can be deleterious for both phytoplankton and zooplankton ...
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... density between the warmer upper and cold lower layers is of such magnitude that the two do not mix . Hence the nutrients cannot reach the photic zone . In the temperate seas the same situation prevails in the summer , but in the winter ...
... density between the warmer upper and cold lower layers is of such magnitude that the two do not mix . Hence the nutrients cannot reach the photic zone . In the temperate seas the same situation prevails in the summer , but in the winter ...
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