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Option (C) is correct i.e. increased oxygen levels does not lead to an increase in phytoplankton reproduction.
The autotrophic (self-feeding) phytoplankton constituents are a crucial component of freshwater and ocean ecosystems. Photosynthesis is how land plants, like trees and phytoplankton, get their energy. Phytoplankton lives on the highly lit surface layers (euphotic zone) of seas and lakes because they need sunlight to survive. Phytoplankton is more extensively distributed, less seasonal, and has noticeably higher turnover rates than trees as compared to terrestrial plants (days versus decades). As a result, phytoplankton reacts to climatic changes quickly and widely. Both freshwater and marine food webs are based on phytoplankton, which is also essential to the global carbon cycle. They generate at least 50% of the world's oxygen production and nearly 50% of the photosynthetic activity despite making up only about 1% of all plants' biomass. With photosynthesizing bacteria, algae that resemble plants, and coccolithophores with armor-like plates, phytoplankton is immensely diverse. The dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria, and diatoms are some of the most prominent phytoplankton species.
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