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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3681-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3681-2025
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30 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2025

Coccolithophore abundance and production and their impacts on particulate inorganic carbon cycling in the western North Pacific

Yuye Han, Zvi Steiner, Zhimian Cao, Di Fan, Junhui Chen, Jimin Yu, and Minhan Dai

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Coccolithophore abundance and production and their impacts on particulate inorganic carbon cycling in the western North Pacific Y. Y. Han and M. H. Dai https://doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.12965

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Our results suggest coccolithophore calcite accounts for a major fraction of PIC (particulate inorganic carbon) standing stocks in the western North Pacific, with a markedly higher contribution in the oligotrophic subtropical gyre than in the Kuroshio–Oyashio transition region, which highlights the importance of coccolithophores for PIC production in the pelagic ocean, particularly in oligotrophic ocean waters.
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