Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean's twilight zone

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7493, 2014, Pages 480-483

  Giering, Sarah L C ^a,b   Sanders, Richard ^a   Lampitt, Richard S ^a   Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Tamburini, Christian ^c   Boutrif, Mehdi ^c   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Marsay, Chris M ^a,d   Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Saw, Kevin ^a   Cook, Kathryn ^e   Mayor, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; REMINERALIZATION; SYNERGISM; TWILIGHT; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON SINK; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON STORAGE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; STEADY STATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOTA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CELL RESPIRATION; FOOD CHAIN; OBSERVATION; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84897383124     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13123     Document Type: Article

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