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Article history: Received 8 January 2016 Received in revised form 13 August 2016 Accepted 18 August 2016 Available online 20 August 2016 The Ross Sea plays a major role in the transfer of organic carbon from the surface into the deep sea due to the combination of high seasonal productivity and Antarctic bottom water formation. Here we present a particle inventory of the Ross Sea based on a comb...