Carbon moves through ecosystems on both short- and long-term scales. Which of the statements best describes the movement of carbon through short-term time scales of the food chain

above statement is not a true statement about the open ocean because the open ocean has low levels of nutrients. most of the photosynthetic activity on earth occurs in the open ocean within the photic zone. organisms in the deep ocean are exposed to frigid temperatures and total darkness but it does not begin at the low-tide mark.