Large Stimulation of Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Carbon Degradation by Increasing Ocean Temperatures

More than 96% of organic carbon in the ocean is in the dissolved form, most of it with lifetimes of decades to millennia. Yet, we know very little about the temperature sensitivity of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) degradation in a warming ocean. Combining independent estimates from laboratory exper...

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Main Authors: Christian Lønborg, Xosé A. Álvarez–Salgado, Robert T. Letscher, Dennis A. Hansell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00436/full