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Fast-Sinking Jellyfish Could Boost the Oceans' Uptake of Carbon Dioxide
Description: Jellyfish and pelagic tunicates live on smaller plankton and thus consume organic carbon. When they sink to the seafloor at the end of their life cycles, they take the carbon from the surface waters with them, provide it as food to organisms at the bottom or store it in deep water layers after decomposition. As a result, more CO2 can be dissolved in the oceans. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528122512.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 5/28/2013
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