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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3595-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3595-2022
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05 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 05 Aug 2022

Quantifying biological carbon pump pathways with a data-constrained mechanistic model ensemble approach

Michael R. Stukel, Moira Décima, and Michael R. Landry

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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.
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