Flocculation is a key process for controlling the fate and transport of suspended particulate
matter (SPM) in water environments and has received considerable attention in the field of …

Under certain conditions, dispersed crude oil in the sea combines with organisms, organic
matter, and minerals to form marine oil snow (MOS), thereby contributing to the sinking of oil …

Understanding residence times of plastic in the ocean is a major knowledge gap in plastic
pollution studies. Observations report a large mismatch between plastic load estimates from …

Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox) in oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) is a major
pathway of oceanic nitrogen loss. Ammonium released from sinking particles has been …

Marine gels (nano-, micro-, macro-) and marine snow play important roles in regulating
global and basin-scale ocean biogeochemical cycling. Exopolymeric substances (EPS) …

The seasonal variation in concentration of transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs),
particulate organic carbon (POC) and particulate organic nitrogen (PON) were investigated …

Abstract The Southern Ocean is a critical component of Earth's climate system, but its
remoteness makes it challenging to develop a holistic understanding of its processes from …

Mesoscale eddies play an important role in modulating the vertical distributions of nutrients
and primary productivity in the ocean. In this study, we evaluated the role that eddies play in …

Microgels play critical roles in a variety of processes in the ocean, including element cycling,
particle interactions, microbial ecology, food web dynamics, air–sea exchange, and pollutant …

Extracellular polymeric substances, such as transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)
composed of acidic polysaccharides, are important particulate organic carbon (POC) …