Introduction to the shelf seas - Introduction to the Physical and Biological Oceanography of Shelf Seas - page 2

Shelf Slope Abyssal ocean

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Annual primary production (g C m -2 )

Figure 1.1 See colour plates version . (a) Global ocean depths, split by shelf, slope and abyssal
ocean. Based on GEBCO bathymetry; (b) global annual primary production, using imagery
from the MODIS satellite (Behrenfeld and Falkowski, 1997 ); data courtesy of Mike
Behrenfeld, Oregon State University, USA: http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/ocean.
productivity/index.php .