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← GeographyWhich nutrient change will develop within landlocked ocean gyres?
A)Increased stratification reduces nutrient upwelling✓
B)Decreased biological pump enriches ocean floor
C)Enhanced deepwater formation removes surface nutrients
D)Elevated evaporation increases nutrient concentration
💡 Explanation
Increased stratification will result from the gyre's temperature variation; the mechanism is density difference slowing vertical mixing because colder, denser water remains at lower depths, therefore, reduced nutrient mixing, rather than upwelling, happens.
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