Including filter-feeding gelatinous macrozooplankton in a global marine biogeochemical model: model–data comparison and impact on the ocean carbon cycle

Clerc, Corentin; Bopp, Laurent; Benedetti, Fabio; Vogt, Meike; Aumont, Olivier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-869-2023

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-869-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-869-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

Research article

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28 Feb 2023

Research article |

| 28 Feb 2023

Including filter-feeding gelatinous macrozooplankton in a global marine biogeochemical model: model–data comparison and impact on the ocean carbon cycle

Corentin Clerc, Laurent Bopp, Fabio Benedetti, Meike Vogt, and Olivier Aumont

Data sets

Supplementary material for "Including filter-feeding gelatinous macrozooplankton in a global marine biogeochemical model: model-data comparison and impact on the ocean carbon cycle" Corentin Clerc, Laurent Bopp, Fabio Benedetti, Meike Vogt, and Olivier Aumont https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7573432

Short summary

Gelatinous zooplankton play a key role in the ocean carbon cycle. In particular, pelagic tunicates, which feed on a wide size range of prey, produce rapidly sinking detritus. Thus, they efficiently transfer carbon from the surface to the depths. Consequently, we added these organisms to a marine biogeochemical model (PISCES-v2) and evaluated their impact on the global carbon cycle. We found that they contribute significantly to carbon export and that this contribution increases with depth.