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← GeographyWhich outcome negatively impacts coastal fisheries during rapid thermocline deepening?
A)Reduced nutrient upwelling availability✓
B)Increased phytoplankton bloom frequency
C)Shallower mixed layer deepening
D)Enhanced oxygenated water introduction
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Reduced nutrient transfer arises because a deeper thermocline limits wind-driven upwelling. Consequently, this restricts nutrient delivery to surface waters, therefore hindering phytoplankton growth. This harms the food chain rather than promoting blooms, deepening the mixed layer, or raising oxygen levels.
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