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SHALLOW near-shore ocean waters support high primary production because of the availability of inorganic nutrients. The availability is usually attributed to the proximity of fresh-water runoff or to coastal upwelling and deep water advection1,2.
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ROWE, G., CLIFFORD, C., SMITH, K. et al. Benthic nutrient regeneration and its coupling to primary productivity in coastal waters. Nature 255, 215–217 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255215a0
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