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Explain how the productivity varies in the polar, temperate, and equator regions based on the time of year and conditions found there.

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Because nutrients are readily available, seasonal light availability controls productivity. ... The polar oceans have high productivity because there is little thermocline/pycnocline to prevent nutrient supply from deep waters. Therefore, in sunlit months, polar oceans are extremely productive.
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