Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-455-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-455-2020
Research article
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30 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 30 Jan 2020

Zooplankton diel vertical migration and downward C flux into the oxygen minimum zone in the highly productive upwelling region off northern Chile

Pritha Tutasi and Ruben Escribano

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Vertical migration of zooplankton has rarely been studied under the effect of a variable community structure, which depending on the behavior and size of its groups can strongly alter the magnitude of C being actively taken to depth by migrants. Here, we address this issue in a highly productive upwelling system, where a high amount of zooplankton can daily move below the mixed layer despite presence of an extremely low–oxygen water and so contribute to a significant export of C to depth.
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