Polysaccharide aggregation as a potential sink of marine dissolved organic carbon

The formation and sinking of biogenic particles mediate vertical mass fluxes and drive elemental cycling in the ocean 1 . Whereas marine sciences have focused primarily on particle production by phytoplankton growth, particle formation by the assembly of organic macromolecules has almost been neglec...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 428; no. 6986; pp. 929 - 932
Main Authors:	Engel, Anja, Thoms, Silke, Riebesell, Ulf, Rochelle-Newall, Emma, Zondervan, Ingrid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.04.2004 Nature Publishing Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Bacteria - isolation & purification Bacteria - metabolism Carbon Carbon - chemistry Carbon - metabolism Dissolved organic carbon Earth Sciences Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Humanities and Social Sciences Kinetics letter Marine Marine sciences multidisciplinary Ocean currents Oceanography Oceans and Seas Organic chemistry Particulate organic carbon Physical and chemical properties of sea water Physics of the oceans Phytoplankton Phytoplankton - chemistry Phytoplankton - metabolism Plankton Polysaccharides - chemistry Polysaccharides - metabolism Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sciences of the Universe Seawater - chemistry Seawater - microbiology Solubility Thorium Primary productivity Biological macromolecule Particulate carbon Biogeochemical cycle Modeling Dissolved organic carbon Carbon cycle Bloom Phytoplankton Molecular aggregation Kinetics Formation mechanism Polysaccharide Oceanology
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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