Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone [PDF]
npj Ocean Sustainability, 2023 The potential of the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m depth) to provide natural resources and ecosystem services is of increasing interest to a broad range of societal stakeholders. As this interest grows, divergent ideas about its current and future role in
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A global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone [PDF]
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2017 We have developed a global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone to reflect the regional scales over which the ocean interior varies in terms of biodiversity and function. An integrated approach was necessary, as global gaps in information
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The Mesopelagic Scattering Layer: A Hotspot for Heterotrophic Prokaryotes in the Red Sea Twilight Zone [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 The vast majority of marine dissolved organic carbon (DOC), the largest reservoir of reduced carbon on Earth, is believed to accumulate in the abyssal layers of the ocean over timescales of decades to millennia.
Maria L. Calleja +8 more
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Biogeography of the global ocean's mesopelagic zone [PDF]
Current Biology, 2017 The work has arisen from a PhD studentship funded by Australian Antarctic Division, University of Tasmania, and School of Biology. This study has received support from the European H2020 International Cooperation project MESOPP (Mesopelagic Southern ...
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Global biogeochemical provinces of the mesopelagic zone [PDF]
Journal of Biogeography, 2017 Aim: Following the biogeographical approach implemented by Longhurst for the epipelagic layer, we propose here to identify a biogeochemical 3-D partition for the mesopelagic layer.
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Reconstructing the ocean's mesopelagic zone carbon budget: sensitivity and estimation of parameters associated with prokaryotic remineralization [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2023 Through the constant rain of sinking marine particles in the ocean, carbon (C) trapped within is exported into the water column and sequestered when reaching depths below the mesopelagic zone.
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Barite Precipitation on Suspended Organic Matter in the Mesopelagic Zone [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Mechanisms underlying barite precipitation in seawater and the precise depths of barite precipitation in the water column have been debated for decades.
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Report of the Workshop on Monitoring Technologies for the Mesopelagic Zone (WKMESO) [PDF]
, 2017 The Workshop on Monitoring Technologies for the Mesopelagic Zone (WKMESO), chaired by Dave Reid (Ireland) and Kristján Kristinsson (Iceland) met in, Bergen, Nor-way, 6-10 November 2017.
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Uncertainties of particulate organic carbon concentrations in the mesopelagic zone of the Atlantic ocean. [PDF]
Open Res Eur, 2021 Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the open ocean provide grounds for estimating oceanic carbon budgets and for modelling carbon cycling. The majority of the published POC measurements have been collected at the sea surface. Thus, POC stocks in the upper layer of the water column are relatively well constrained.
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Zooplankton, micronekton and the biological pump: beyond the Mesopelagic zone [PDF]
, 2012 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20-24 February 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAMigrant biota transports carbon to the mesopelagic zone due to their feeding at the shallower layers and their defecation, respiration, excretion and mortality at depth.
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