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 conversion of dissolved nutrients and carbon to organic matter by phytoplankton in the
surface ocean, and its downward transport by sinking particles, produces a “biological …

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 …

The transfer of organic carbon from the upper to the deep ocean by particulate export flux is
the starting point for the long-term storage of photosynthetically fixed carbon. This 'biological …

BACKGROUND The pelagic and coastal oceans, together with the Great Lakes, contain
over 90% of Earth's bioactive carbon (bio-C) and exert a major influence on the global …

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 …

The biological pump makes a major global contribution to the sequestration of carbon-rich
particles in the oceans' interior. This pump has many component parts from physics to …

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 …

The export of organic carbon from the surface ocean forms the basis of the biological carbon
pump, an important planetary carbon flux. Typically, only a small fraction of primary …

The ocean's biological pump transfers carbon from the surface euphotic zone into the deep
ocean, reducing the atmospheric CO2 concentration. Despite its climatic importance, there …