Reviews and syntheses: to the bottom of carbon processing at the seafloor

Organic carbon processing at the seafloor is studied by biogeochemists to quantify burial and respiration, by organic geochemists to elucidate compositional changes and by ecologists to follow carbon transfers within food webs. Here I review these disciplinary approaches and discuss where they a...

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Main Author: J. J. Middelburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/413/2018/bg-15-413-2018.pdf