Richard S. Lampitt

TL;DR: In this article, a similar seasonal pulse of detrital material to bathyal and abyssal depths in temperate latitudes is presented, this material seems to be derived directly from the surface primary production and to sink rapidly to the deep-sea benthos.

TL;DR: Data from the CROZEX experiment in the Southern Ocean is reported to test the hypothesis that the observed north–south gradient in phytoplankton concentrations in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands is induced by natural iron fertilization that results in enhanced organic carbon flux to the deep ocean.

TL;DR: It is found that prokaryotes are responsible for 70 to 92 per cent of the estimated remineralization in the twilight zone despite the fact that much of the organic carbon is exported in the form of large, fast-sinking particles accessible to larger zooplankton.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the variability of flux over annual cycles and expressed the relationship between this and vertical flux of material examined, finding that there is no significant relationship between flux stability index (FSI) and fluxes of dry mass, organic carbon, inorganic carbon or opaline silica.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Monte Carlo analysis of a published data set is performed to determine the probability that the imbalance can be explained purely by uncertainties in measurements and conversion factors, and two poorly quantified sources, lateral advection of particles and a population of slowly settling particles are discussed as providing a means of closing regional carbon budgets.