Jelly biomass sinking speed reveals a fast carbon export mechanism ...

• Main Authors: Lebrato, Mario, Mendes, Pedro André, Steinberg, Deborah K, Birsa, Laura M, Benavides, Mar, Oschlies, Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification BIOACID; Andreas; Benavides; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.831964; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.831964

Sinking of gelatinous zooplankton biomass is an important component of the biological pump removing carbon from the upper ocean. The export efficiency, e.g., how much biomass reaches the ocean interior sequestering carbon, is poorly known because of the absence of reliable sinking speed data. We mea...