Dissolved organic carbon support of respiration in the dark ocean.
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Recent evidence that dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a significant component of the organic carbon flux below the photic layer of the ocean (1), together with verification of high respiration rates in the dark ocean (2), suggests that the downward flux of DOC may play a major role in supporting respiration there. Here we show, on the basis of examination of the relation between DOC and apparent oxygen utilization (AOU), that the DOC flux supports 10% of the respiration in the dark ocean.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 298 5600 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002