The biological pump is a process whereby CO2 in the upper ocean is fixed by primary
producers and transported to the deep ocean as sinking biogenic particles or as dissolved …

Marine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exhibits a spectrum of reactivity, from very fast
turnover of the most bioavailable forms in the surface ocean to long-lived materials …

Aerosol particles that exist in the marine atmosphere are derived from both continental and
oceanic sources. Since aerosol lifetimes and atmospheric transport times often are similar, 1 …

Linking microbial metabolomics and carbon sequestration in the ocean via refractory
organic molecules has been hampered by the chemical complexity of dissolved organic …

More than 90% of the global ocean dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is refractory, has an
average age of 4000–6000 years and a lifespan from months to millennia. The fraction of …

Current soil enzyme methods measure potential enzyme activities, which are indicative of
overall enzyme concentrations. However, they do not provide insight in the actual rates of …

This paper reviews progress on understanding biological carbon sequestration in the ocean
with special reference to the microbial formation and transformation of recalcitrant dissolved …

Microbes mediate global biogeochemical cycles through their metabolism, and all metabolic
processes begin with the interaction between the microbial cell wall or membrane and the …

Three vertical ocean carbon pumps have been known for almost three decades to sequester
atmospheric carbon in the deep-water and sediment reservoirs, ie the solubility pump, the …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the oceans constitutes a major carbon pool involved in
global biogeochemical cycles. More than 96% of the marine DOM resists microbial …