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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-35-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-35-2020
Research article
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03 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 03 Jan 2020

Arctic (Svalbard islands) active and exported diatom stocks and cell health status

Susana Agustí, Jeffrey W. Krause, Israel A. Marquez, Paul Wassmann, Svein Kristiansen, and Carlos M. Duarte

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We found that 24 % of the total diatoms community in the Arctic water column (450 m depth) was located below the photic layer. Healthy diatom communities in active spring–bloom stages remained in the photic layer. Dying diatom communities exported a large fraction of the biomass to the aphotic zone, fuelling carbon sequestration and benthic ecosystems in the Arctic. The results of the study conform to a conceptual model where diatoms grow during the bloom until silicic acid stocks are depleted.
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