Response to Comment on “Dilution limits dissolved organic carbon utilization in the deep ocean” | Zendy

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Response to Comment on “Dilution limits dissolved organic carbon utilization in the deep ocean”

Author(s) -

Jesús M. Arrieta,

Eva Mayol,

Roberta L. Hansman,

Gerhard J. Herndl,

Thorsten Dittmar,

Carlos M. Duarte

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.aac7249

Subject(s) - dilution , dissolved organic carbon , lability , deep sea , carbon fibers , environmental science , total organic carbon , environmental chemistry , carbon cycle , oceanography , chemistry , geology , ecology , biology , computer science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , algorithm , composite number , ecosystem

Our recent finding that dilution limits dissolved organic carbon (DOC) utilization in the deep ocean has been criticized based on the common misconception that lability equates to rapid and complete utilization. Even when considering the redefinition of recalcitrant DOC recently proposed by Jiao et al., the dilution hypothesis best explains our experimental observations.This is a contribution to the MALASPINA Expedition 2010 project, funded by the CONSOLIDER-Ingenio 2010 program of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (ref. CSD2008-00077)Peer Reviewe

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