Salp blooms drive strong increases in passive carbon export in the Southern Ocean

Gelatinous bloom-forming zooplankton—salps—alter microbial communities and quintuple the flux of sinking particles from the surface to the deep, strongly enhancing the ability of the ocean to sequester CO2.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Moira Décima, Michael R. Stukel, Scott D. Nodder, Andrés Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Karen E. Selph, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Karl Safi, Thomas B. Kelly, Fenella Deans, Sergio E. Morales, Federico Baltar, Mikel Latasa, Maxim Y. Gorbunov, Matt Pinkerton
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2023
Subjects:	Science Q Southern Ocean
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35204-6 https://doaj.org/article/e4b8a38d21704548bd79e6ea48283156

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Summary:	Gelatinous bloom-forming zooplankton—salps—alter microbial communities and quintuple the flux of sinking particles from the surface to the deep, strongly enhancing the ability of the ocean to sequester CO2.