Diatom community assemblages and microbial degradation resistance modulate local heterogeneity in diatom contribution to carbon export in the western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Li, Feng; Jiang, Hongzhen; Liu, Linwei; Jiang, Zhouyi; Huang, Lu; Feng, Kehui; Wen, Zuozhu; Liu, Xin; Chen, Changping; Zhou, Kuanbo; Liang, Junrong

doi:10.5194/bg-23-5419-2026

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Diatom community assemblages and microbial degradation resistance modulate local heterogeneity in diatom contribution to carbon export in the western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Feng Li, Hongzhen Jiang, Linwei Liu, Zhouyi Jiang, Lu Huang, Kehui Feng, Zuozhu Wen, Xin Liu, Changping Chen, Kuanbo Zhou, and Junrong Liang

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