Which process MOST directly maintains the high nutrient concentration within oceanic gyre boundary currents?

💡 Explanation

When surface waters converge due to Ekman transport, downwelling occurs, concentrating nutrients towards the lower layers of the gyre boundary. Therefore Ekman transport convergence maintains the nutrient level, rather than dissipation, mixing, or tidal resonance which have less significant roles.

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