A noteworthy observation was stronger primary production near the thermocline in 
some areas, caused by intermediary maxima of oxygen distribution with marked 
oversaturation, which contradicets the hypothesis that there is no primary production 
in the surface layer in summer when nutrients are depleted. 
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