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Remote But Remarkable: Illuminating the Smallest Inhabitants of the Largest Ocean Desert
The middle of the South Pacific is as far away from land as you can possibly get. Solar irradiance is dangerously high, reaching a UV-index that is labeled 'extreme'. There are no dust particles or inflows from the land and as a result, these waters have extremely low nutrient concentrations, and thus are termed 'ultraoligotrophic'.
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