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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2321-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2321-2017
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05 May 2017
Research article |  | 05 May 2017

Variable reactivity of particulate organic matter in a global ocean biogeochemical model

Olivier Aumont, Marco van Hulten, Matthieu Roy-Barman, Jean-Claude Dutay, Christian Éthé, and Marion Gehlen

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The marine biological carbon pump is dominated by the vertical transfer of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the surface ocean to its interior. In this study, we explore the impacts of a variable composition of this organic matter using a global ocean biogeochemical model. We show that accounting for a variable lability of POC increases POC concentrations by up to 2 orders of magnitude in the ocean's interior. Furthermore, the amount of carbon that reaches the sediments is twice as large.
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