Articles | Volume 12, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3953-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3953-2015
Research article
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02 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 02 Jul 2015

Carbon export and transfer to depth across the Southern Ocean Great Calcite Belt

S. Z. Rosengard, P. J. Lam, W. M. Balch, M. E. Auro, S. Pike, D. Drapeau, and B. Bowler

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The transfer of particulate organic carbon (POC) into the deep ocean is an important atmospheric carbon dioxide sink. Observations from the Southern Ocean Great Calcite Belt region show that the relationship between POC and biogenic mineral fluxes varies with depth, between the surface and 1000m below. The results suggest that the transfer of POC into the deep ocean is more closely related to phytoplankton community structure than to mineral composition alone.
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