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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-135-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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09 Jan 2014
Research article |
| 09 Jan 2014
Not all calcite ballast is created equal: differing effects of foraminiferan and coccolith calcite on the formation and sinking of aggregates
K. Schmidt
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
now at: School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
C. L. De La Rocha
CNRS UMR 6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France
M. Gallinari
CNRS UMR 6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France
G. Cortese
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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- A role for diatom-like silicon transporters in calcifying coccolithophores G. Durak et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10543
- Where is mineral ballast important for surface export of particulate organic carbon in the ocean? F. Le Moigne et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061678
- Modern planktic foraminifers in the high-latitude ocean R. Schiebel et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.08.004
- The Influence of Plankton Community Structure on Sinking Velocity and Remineralization Rate of Marine Aggregates L. Bach et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006256
- Global Trends in the Distribution of Biogenic Minerals in the Ocean A. Subhas et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019470
- Estimating the variability of deep-ocean particle flux collected by sediment traps using satellite data and machine learning T. Picard et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4309-2025
- Influence of plankton community structure on the sinking velocity of marine aggregates L. Bach et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005372
- Ballasting effects of smectite on aggregate formation and export from a natural plankton community M. Iversen & M. Robert https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.009
- Estimating Mass Flux From Size‐Fractionated Filtered Particles: Insights Into Controls on Sinking Velocities and Mass Fluxes in Recent U.S. GEOTRACES Cruises Y. Xiang et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007292
- Simulating the effects of light intensity and carbonate system composition on particulate organic and inorganic carbon production in Emiliania huxleyi L. Holtz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.024
- Southern Ocean sea surface temperature synthesis: Part 1. Evaluation of temperature proxies at glacial-interglacial time scales D. Chandler & P. Langebroek https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107191
- The ballast effect of lithogenic matter and its influences on the carbon fluxes in the Indian Ocean T. Rixen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-485-2019
- Transport Bias by Ocean Currents in Sedimentary Microplankton Assemblages: Implications for Paleoceanographic Reconstructions P. Nooteboom et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003606
- Intraspecific Differences in Biogeochemical Responses to Thermal Change in the Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi P. Matson et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162313
- Quantitative and mechanistic understanding of the open ocean carbonate pump - perspectives for remote sensing and autonomous in situ observation G. Neukermans et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104359
- New guidelines for the application of Stokes' models to the sinking velocity of marine aggregates E. Laurenceau‐Cornec et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11388
- Lunar periodicity in the shell flux of planktonic foraminifera in the Gulf of Mexico L. Jonkers et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3061-2015
- Seasonal and Interannual Variations in Nitrogen Availability and Particle Export in the Northwestern North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Y. Mino et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015600
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