Diagnosing Mechanisms of Ocean Carbon Export in a Satellite-Based Food Web Model

Diagnosing Mechanisms of Ocean Carbon Export in a Satellite-Based Food Web Model

The net primary productivity (NPP) of marine phytoplankton is ∼50 Pg C year–1, and roughly 10–20% of this NPP is exported out of the surface ocean as sinking particulate organic carbon (POC). Numerous mechanisms are hypothesized to control POC export out of the surface ocean but the relative importa...

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Main Authors: Kelsey Bisson, David A. Siegel, Timothy DeVries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
carbon export
remote sensing
phytoplankton mortality
zooplankton grazing
particle aggregation
marine ecology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00505/full

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