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 …

Understanding the nature of organic matter flux in the ocean remains a major goal of
oceanography because it impacts some of the most important processes in the ocean …

Plastic waste is a pervasive feature of marine environments, yet little is empirically known
about the biological and physical processes that transport plastics through marine …

The vertical separation of organic matter formation from respiration can lead to net carbon
sequestration within the ocean's interior, making the biological pump an important …

Zooplankton is a morphologically and taxonomically diverse group and includes organisms
that vary in size by many orders of magnitude, but they are all faced with the common …

The role of fishes in the global carbon cycle is poorly known and often neglected. We show
that the biomass of mesopelagic fishes off the continental USA west to longitude 141° W is …

Recent studies suggest that previous estimates of mesopelagic biomasses are severely
biased, with the new, higher estimates underlining the need to unveil behaviourally …

Pelagic food webs drive a flux of> 10 x 1012 kg C yr− 1 that exits surface waters, mostly via
sinking particles through the ocean's" biological pump." Much of this particle flux is …

Throughout the ocean, countless small animals swim to depth in the daytime, presumably to
seek refuge from large predators,. These animals return to the surface at night to feed,. This …