Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean's twilight zone
Giering, S.L.C.; Sanders, R.; Lampitt, R.S.; Anderson, T.R.; Tamburini, C.; Boutrif, M.; Zubkov, M.V.; Marsay, C.M.; Henson, S.A.; Saw, K.; Cook, K.; Mayor, D.J. (2014). Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean's twilight zone. Nature (Lond.) 507(7493): 480-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13123
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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Authors | | Top |
- Giering, S.L.C.
- Sanders, R.
- Lampitt, R.S.
- Anderson, T.R.
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- Tamburini, C.
- Boutrif, M.
- Zubkov, M.V.
- Marsay, C.M.
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- Henson, S.A.
- Saw, K.
- Cook, K.
- Mayor, D.J.
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Abstract |
The discrepancy between the components of the oceanic carbon budget — export of carbon from the surface and its conversion into carbon dioxide by water-column biota at depth — is reconciled using field data and a steady-state model which indicates that synergy between microbes and zooplankton is an important factor. |
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