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The role of subduction and gravitational sinking in particle export, carbon sequestration, and the remineralization length scale in the California Current Ecosystem
Description: To assess the importance of subduction to the biological pump, researchers combined in situ sediment trap, thorium, primary productivity, and particulate organic carbon (POC) measurements with a data-assimilative physical circulation model and a Lagrangian particle tracking model. We develop a simple parameterization of two alternative particle sinking processes (Phytoplankton-Fecal Pellet [PFP] and Aggregation) using results from 13 extensively sampled water parcels in the California Current Ecosystem. [Source: Limnology and Oceanography]
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.10636/full
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Source: Limnology and Oceanography
Publish Date: 1/1/2018
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