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Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6261-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6261-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
Research article
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21 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 21 Nov 2016

A novel approach reveals high zooplankton standing stock deep in the sea

Alexander Vereshchaka, Galina Abyzova, Anastasia Lunina, Eteri Musaeva, and Tracey Sutton

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Our primary finding of increased plankton biomass in the deep sea suggests that energy transfer efficiency from phytoplankton to intermediate and higher trophic levels has been underestimated, and that global carbon models need to account for the large portion of oceanic primary production that zooplankton is likely respiring in the deep-pelagic realm.
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