Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015
Research article
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25 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2015

The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep-carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)

C. Manno, G. Stowasser, P. Enderlein, S. Fielding, and G. A. Tarling

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In the Scotia Sea, the zooplankton community shifting from a herbivorous to omnivorous diet strongly influences the chance of faecal pellets to reach the bottom. Faecal pellet flux was mainly a product of the vertically migrating and deeper-dwelling zooplankton in the iron-fertilized and iron-limited region respectively. The results demonstrate that the behaviour of the zooplankton community plays a critical role in controlling the quantity and quality of carbon exported in this area.
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