What do organisms from the ocean use the carbon dioxide for?

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AvahW · Answer 1 · 2019-06-13T15:13:32+0000

Photosynthesis by tiny marine plants (phytoplankton) in the sunlit surface waters turns the carbon into organic matter. Many organisms use carbon to make calcium carbonate, a building material of shells and skeletons.

What do organisms from the ocean use the carbon dioxide for?

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