What factors affect the depth of the photic zone (the photic zone is the depth that sunlight travels down the water column) ?
A) Salinity and temperature.
B) The intensity of solar radiation.
C) The amount of ocean mixing.
D) The amount of biological activity in the surface zone.
E) All of these.
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