The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

Marine particles are key to the cycling of major elements on Earth and play an important role
in the balance of nutrients in the ocean. Three main categories of marine particles link the …

Abstract The northern Barents Sea is a productive Arctic inflow shelf with a seasonal ice
cover and as such, a location with an efficient downward export of particulate organic matter …

The Western Australian rock lobster fishery has been both a highly productive and
sustainable fishery. However, a recent dramatic and unexplained decline in post-larval …

Zooplankton fecal pellet contribution to particulate organic carbon (POC) flux over the
continental shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) was investigated to better …

Zooplankton are important consumers of sinking particles in the ocean's twilight zone.
However, the impact of different taxa depends on their feeding mode. In contrast to typical …

Suspended marine particles constitute most of the particulate organic matter pool in the
oceans, thereby providing substantial substrates for heterotrophs, especially in the …

Chaetognaths (arrow worms) are important components of zooplankton communities in
terms of abundance, biomass and contribution to carbon export. Though traditionally …

Sinking particles transport organic carbon produced in the surface ocean to the ocean
interior, leading to net storage of atmospheric CO2 in the deep ocean. The rapid growth of in …

A new fishing gear was used to sample the macrozooplankton and micronekton community
in the surface layer (0–2m) under ice and in open water, the Surface and Under Ice Trawl …