Respiration rate scales inversely with sinking speed of settling marine aggregates.

Sinking marine aggregates have been studied for a long time to understand their role in carbon sequestration. Traditionally, sinking speed and respiration rates have been treated as independent variables, but two recent papers suggest that there is a connection albeit in contrasting directions. Here...

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Main Authors: Kristian Spilling, Malte Heinemann, Mari Vanharanta, Moritz Baumann, Andrea Noche-Ferreira, Philipp Suessle, Ulf Riebesell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282294