Radiolaria: Major exporters of organic carbon to the deep ocean
Radiolaria: Major exporters of organic carbon to the deep ocean
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Washington, DC: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Washington, DC: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Very large pulses of particulate organic matter intermittently sink to the deep waters of the open ocean in the Northeast Atlantic. These pulses, measured by moored sediment traps since 1989, can contribute up to 60% of the organic flux to 3000 m in a particular year and are thus a major cause of the variability in carbon sequestration from the atm...
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Radiolaria: Major exporters of organic carbon to the deep ocean
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_21021695
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_21021695
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0886-6236
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1944-9224
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10.1029/2008GB003221
