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Why are estuaries and coral reefs more productive than deeper regions of the ocean?

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Aquatic plants and animals, need oxygen and sunlight just like land plants. The deeper you go down in to the ocean the less sunlight. That is why estuaries and coral reefs are more productive than deeper regions of the ocean.
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