Approximately the same amount of primary productivity occurs in the oceans as occurs on land.

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Current research indicates that ocean primary productivity is roughly equivalent to land primary productivity. However, the distribution and types of organisms that carry out primary productivity differ between the two systems. Land productivity is dominated by plants, while in the oceans it is primarily carried out by small marine algae known as phytoplankton.

Approximately the Same Amount of Primary Productivity Occurs in the Oceans