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Phytoplankton produces
____of the oxygen we breathe?

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A byproduct of photosynthesis is oxygen. Scientists believe that phytoplankton contribute between 50 to 85 percent of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. In the lab, scientists can determine how much oxygen is produced by a single phytoplankton cell.

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