KOSMOS 2014 mesocosm study: The influence of plankton community structure on sinking velocity and remineralization rate of marine aggregates

• Main Author: Bach, Lennart Thomas
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.902901; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902901

Gravitational sinking of photosynthetically fixed particulate organic carbon (POC) constitutes a key component of the biological carbon pump. The fraction of POC leaving the surface ocean depends on POC sinking velocity (SV) and remineralization rate (Cremin), both of which depend on plankton commun...