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Research article
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24 Mar 2017
Research article |
| 24 Mar 2017
Copepod faecal pellet transfer through the meso- and bathypelagic layers in the Southern Ocean in spring
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Clara Manno
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Peter Ward
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Stephanie A. Henson
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Richard Sanders
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Geraint A. Tarling
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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Faecal pellets (FPs) are a dominant part of the deep ocean carbon fluxes. We compare estimates of FP production, to measurements of FPs in the meso- and bathypelagic. Despite being produced in high numbers in the surface ocean, small FPs are not transferred efficiently to depth. Changes in FP morphology point to the repacking of surface FPs in the mesopelagic and in situ production at depth, highlighting the importance of deep zooplankton communities for the transfer of carbon to the deep ocean.
Faecal pellets (FPs) are a dominant part of the deep ocean carbon fluxes. We compare estimates...
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