Multiple Choice
Physical conditions that contribute to the transparent waters of the tropics are:
A) low salinity and warm water.
B) no thermocline and abundant nutrients.
C) permanent thermocline and abundant nutrients.
D) an abrupt deep thermocline and lack of nutrients.
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