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Major role of particle fragmentation in regulating biological sequestration of CO ₂ by the oceans

Author(s) -

Nathan Briggs,

Giorgio Dall’Olmo,

Hervé Claustre

Publication year - 2020

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.aay1790

Subject(s) - mesopelagic zone , biogeochemical cycle , seafloor spreading , environmental science , carbon sequestration , fragmentation (computing) , oceanography , biological pump , benthic zone , carbon cycle , environmental chemistry , atmospheric sciences , carbon dioxide , chemistry , ecosystem , pelagic zone , ecology , geology , biology

Breaking up is easy to do Sinking particles transport carbon to the seafloor, where they are buried in sediments and either provide food for benthic organisms or sequester the carbon they contain. However, only ∼30% of the maximum flux reaches depths of a kilometer. This loss cannot be fully accounted for by current measurements. Briggset al. used data collected by robotic Biogeochemical-Argo floats to quantify total mesopelagic fragmentation and found that this process accounts for roughly half of the observed flux loss (see the Perspective by Nayak and Twardowski). Fragmentation is thus perhaps the most important process controlling the remineralization of sinking organic carbon.Science , this issue p.791 ; see also p.738

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