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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The role of diatom resting spores in pelagic–benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean
Mathieu Rembauville
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire
d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique,
66650 Banyuls-sur-mer, France
Stéphane Blain
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire
d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique,
66650 Banyuls-sur-mer, France
Clara Manno
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, High
Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Geraint Tarling
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, High
Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Anu Thompson
School of Environmental Sciences, 4 Brownlow Street, University of
Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK
George Wolff
School of Environmental Sciences, 4 Brownlow Street, University of
Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK
Ian Salter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire
d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique,
66650 Banyuls-sur-mer, France
Faroe Marine Research Institute, Box 3051, 110, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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Sinking phytoplankton from the surface ocean provide the principal energy source to deep-ocean ecosystems. Our aim was to understand how different phytoplankton communities impact the chemical nature of this sinking material. We show certain types of phytoplankton can preferentially export energy-rich storage compounds to the seafloor. Any climate-driven effects on phytoplankton community structure could thus impact remote deep-ocean ecosystems thousands of kilometres beneath the surface.
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