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Quantifying biological carbon pump pathways with a data-constrained mechanistic model ensemble approach
Michael R. Stukel
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Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Moira Décima
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Michael R. Landry
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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The biological carbon pump (BCP) transports carbon into the deep ocean, leading to long-term marine carbon sequestration. It is driven by many physical, chemical, and ecological processes. We developed a model of the BCP constrained using data from 11 cruises in 4 different ocean regions. Our results show that sinking particles and vertical mixing are more important than transport mediated by vertically migrating zooplankton. They also highlight the uncertainty in current estimates of the BCP.
The biological carbon pump (BCP) transports carbon into the deep ocean, leading to long-term...
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