Microplastics [MPs], now a ubiquitous pollutant in the oceans, pose a serious potential threat
to marine ecology and has justifiably encouraged focused biological and ecological …

Increasing pollution of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has caused widespread
concern worldwide. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are natural organic polymers …

The formation of sinking particles in the ocean, which promote carbon sequestration into
deeper water and sediments, involves algal polysaccharides acting as an adhesive, binding …

The vertical separation of organic matter formation from respiration can lead to net carbon
sequestration within the ocean's interior, making the biological pump an important …

Since the development of methods to quantify transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) 1993,
it has been shown that these gel-particles are not only ubiquitous and abundant, but also …

Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of molecules found throughout
the world's oceans. It plays a key role in the export, distribution, and sequestration of carbon …

The ocean's biological carbon pump is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Only a
small fraction of the carbon fixed by primary production is exported to the deep ocean, yet …

Diatoms are a major component of phytoplankton community. They tend to dominate under
natural high-nutrient concentrations, as well as during artificial Fe fertilisation experiments …

The fate of carbon (C) in organisms, food webs, and ecosystems is to a major extent
regulated by mass‐balance principles and the availability of other key nutrient elements. In …

Abstract Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) have received considerable attention
since they were first described in the ocean more than 20 years ago. This is because of their …