52.3k views
3 votes
Phytoplankton are most abundant in the upper few hundred feet of most bodies of water because:

User Jont
by
8.4k points

1 Answer

4 votes
they use the process of photosynthesis for energy and only in the upper 100 ft the sun can produce light into the bodies of water and the phytoplankton then use that light and use the process and convert it for their energy

User Levininja
by
8.4k points