Particle shape impacts export and fate in the ocean through interactions with the globally abundant...
Particle shape impacts export and fate in the ocean through interactions with the globally abundant appendicularian Oikopleura dioica
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Marine microbes exhibit highly varied, often non-spherical shapes that have functional significance for essential processes, including nutrient acquisition and sinking rates. There is a surprising absence of data, however, on how cell shape affects grazing, which is crucial for predicting the fate of oceanic carbon. We used synthetic spherical and...
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Particle shape impacts export and fate in the ocean through interactions with the globally abundant appendicularian Oikopleura dioica
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1933957669
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1933957669
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0183105
