Which thermocline depth results when large ocean gyres intensify?

💡 Explanation

Increased gyre intensity causes Ekman transport and convergence, resulting in downwelling. This deepens the thermocline due to convergence because warm surface water is pushed downwards, therefore the nutrient distribution stratifies rather than upwells as it does in upwelling zones.

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