Is life in the open ocean homogenously spread?
This is sort of a partial answer, but here is a map using chloryphyl density to map the global distribution of marine life. As you would expect, most is clustered around costal regions, but you can also see some pretty distinct zones in open ocean, with more primary production apparently in the northern and southern latitudes. Not sure how much this map projection distorts apparent distances, but it should help give you an idea.

Here's where I found this map.
And here's one of the links they references, which looks to have some more resources to explore.