Continuous moulting by Antarctic krill drives major pulses of carbon export in the north Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
| Autor: | C. Manno, S. Fielding, G. Stowasser, E. J. Murphy, S. E. Thorpe, G. A. Tarling |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 74594907 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-020-19956-7 |
| Popis: | Antarctic krill are known to be important to the carbon cycle, but the exact contribution is not known. Here the authors show that krill moulting is a major vector of carbon export in the Southern Ocean, together with krill faecal pellets accounting for almost 90% of annual particulate organic carbon flux. |
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