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 …

The ocean's ability to sequester carbon away from the atmosphere exerts an important
control on global climate. The biological pump drives carbon storage in the deep ocean and …

The ocean's biological carbon pump transfers carbon from the surface ocean to the deep
ocean by several distinct pathways, including gravitational settling of organic particles …

Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO2 is transformed to organic carbon
via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep …

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 zooplankton comprise a phylogenetically and functionally diverse assemblage of
protistan and metazoan consumers that occupy multiple trophic levels in pelagic food webs …

The export of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the surface ocean to depth is
traditionally ascribed to sinking. Here, we show that a dynamic eddying flow field subducts …

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are swarming, oceanic crustaceans, up to two inches
long, and best known as prey for whales and penguins–but they have another important …

Deep-sea microbial communities are exposed to high-pressure conditions, which has a
variable impact on prokaryotes depending on whether they are piezophilic (that is, pressure …