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← GeographyWhich ecological effect results from the artificial upwelling induced by deep ocean nutrient pipes?
A)Coastal dead zone elimination
B)Ocean acidification mitigation
C)Harmful algal bloom proliferation✓
D)Increased benthic oxygen depletion
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When artificially inducing upwelling via nutrient pipes, phytoplankton populations can rapidly increase due to the influx of nutrients that were previously restricted, and this can cause harmful algal bloom proliferation. Therefore bloom proliferation occurs, rather than eliminating dead zones, acidification mitigation or oxygen depletion, which require balanced biogeochemical processes.
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