Sinking rates and ballast composition of particles in the Atlantic Ocean: implications for the organic carbon fluxes to the deep ocean
The flux of materials to the deep sea is dominated by larger, organic-rich particles with sinking rates varying between a few meters and several hundred meters per day. Mineral ballast may regulate the transfer of organic matter and other components by determining the sinking rates, e.g. via particl...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/85/2009/bg-6-85-2009.pdf |