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of marine organisms In coastal waters many larger invertebrates
(e.g., mysids, amphipods, and polychaete worms) leave the cover
of algae and sediments to migrate into the water column at
night. It is thought that these animals disperse to different
habitats or find mates by swimming when visual predators find it
hard to see them. In some cases only one sex will emerge at
night, and often that sex is... The most productive waters of
the world are in regions of upwelling. Upwelling in coastal
waters brings nutrients toward the surface. Phytoplankton
reproduce rapidly in these conditions, and grazing zooplankton
also multiply and provide abundant food supplies for nekton.
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