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Ecology 101

Question 4 • EF Environmental Science 1st Nine Weeks

What can you conclude about the importance of marine ecosystems to global food webs and the biosphere?

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Marine ecosystems generate 32% of the worlds primary producers, making seas and oceans responsible for almost 1/3 of the chemical energy produced in the biosphere. Because primary producers convert carbon dioxide into the oxygen animals breathe, it also means that marine ecosystems are responsible for generating a significant fraction of the oxygen in the atmosphere.

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