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← GeographyWhich outcome occurs when major ocean gyres stall?
A)Decreased nutrient upwelling shifts localized ecosystems✓
B)Increased coastal erosion from rogue waves
C)Elevated deep-sea temperatures overwhelm species
D)More frequent, disruptive volcanic eruptions
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Decreased nutrient upwelling shifts localized ecosystems because gyre circulation drives the upward movement of nutrient-rich deep water via Ekman transport. This supplies surface ecosystems; therefore, diminished currents create lower surface nutrients, rather than other climate-wide phenomena.
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