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Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets
Description: The Southern Ocean (SO) is an important CO2 reservoir, some of which enters via the production, sinking, and remineralization of organic matter. Recent work suggests that the fraction of production that sinks is inversely related to production in the SO, a suggestion that researchers confirm from 20 stations in the Scotia Sea. Zooplankton fecal pellets dominated the organic carbon flux and at stations with transfer efficiency >100% fecal pellets were brown, indicative of fresh phytodetritus. [Source: Geophysical Research Letters]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062744
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters
Publish Date: 2/16/2015
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