Which ecological risk primarily occurs when the Benguela Current's upwelling weakens?

💡 Explanation

Oxygen depletion increases because reduced upwelling decreases deep-water oxygen replenishment; the mechanism is gas exchange. Therefore, bottom sediments experience hypoxia, rather than other outcomes such as coastal erosion, which depends more on wave action.

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