Quantifying the ocean's biological pump and its carbon cycle impacts on global scales

DA Siegel, T DeVries, I Cetinić… - Annual review of marine …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The biological pump transports organic matter, created by phytoplankton productivity in the
well-lit surface ocean, to the ocean's dark interior, where it is consumed by animals and …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in ocean systems

AW Decho, T Gutierrez - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microbial cells (ie, bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in oceans secrete a diverse array of
large molecules, collectively called extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) or simply …

Forensic carbon accounting: Assessing the role of seaweeds for carbon sequestration

CL Hurd, CS Law, LT Bach, D Britton… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon sequestration is defined as the secure storage of carbon‐containing molecules for>
100 years, and in the context of carbon dioxide removal for climate mitigation, the origin of …

Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds

M Nagasawa, S Mitsui, S En, N Ohtani, M Ohta… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Human-like modes of communication, including mutual gaze, in dogs may have been
acquired during domestication with humans. We show that gazing behavior from dogs, but …

PISCES-v2: an ocean biogeochemical model for carbon and ecosystem studies

O Aumont, C Éthé, A Tagliabue, L Bopp… - Geoscientific Model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
PISCES-v2 is a biogeochemical model which simulates the lower trophic levels of marine
ecosystem (phytoplankton, microzooplankton and mesozooplankton) and the …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton as key mediators of the biological carbon pump: Their responses to a changing climate

S Basu, KRM Mackey - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The world's oceans are a major sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The biological
carbon pump plays a vital role in the net transfer of CO2 from the atmosphere to the oceans …

Recalcitrant dissolved organic carbon fractions

DA Hansell - Annual review of marine science, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Marine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exhibits a spectrum of reactivity, from very fast
turnover of the most bioavailable forms in the surface ocean to long-lived materials …

Rate and fate of dissolved organic carbon release by seaweeds: a missing link in the coastal ocean carbon cycle

ER Paine, M Schmid, PW Boyd… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release by seaweeds (marine macroalgae) is a critical
component of the coastal ocean biogeochemical carbon cycle but is an aspect of seaweed …

Deciphering ocean carbon in a changing world

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, A Stubbins… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the oceans is one of the largest pools of reduced carbon
on Earth, comparable in size to the atmospheric CO2 reservoir. A vast number of …

Dissolved organic matter in the ocean: A controversy stimulates new insights

DA Hansell, CA Carlson, DJ Repeta, R Schlitzer - Oceanography, 2009 - JSTOR
Containing as much carbon as the atmosphere, marine dissolved organic matter is one of
Earth's major carbon reservoirs. With invigoration of scientific inquiries into the global carbon …