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Richard Sanders
Researcher at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Publications - 125
Citations - 7137
Richard Sanders is an academic researcher from National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phytoplankton & Carbon cycle. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 120 publications receiving 6130 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Sanders include University of East Anglia & National Oceanography Centre.
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Global patterns in efficiency of particulate organic carbon export and transfer to the deep ocean
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine global patterns in particle export efficiency (PEeff), the proportion of primary production that is exported from the surface ocean, and transfer efficiency (Teff), the fraction of exported organic matter that reaches the deep ocean.
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Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization
Raymond T. Pollard,Ian Salter,Richard Sanders,Mike Lucas,C. Mark Moore,Rachel A. Mills,Peter J. Statham,John T. Allen,Alex R. Baker,Dorothee C. E. Bakker,Matthew A. Charette,Sophie Fielding,Gary R. Fones,M. French,Anna E. Hickman,Ross J. Holland,J. Alan Hughes,Tim Jickells,Richard S. Lampitt,Paul J. Morris,Florence Nedelec,Maria C. Nielsdóttir,Hélène Planquette,Ekaterina Popova,Alex J. Poulton,J.F. Read,Sophie Seeyave,Tania Smith,Mark C. Stinchcombe,Sarah Taylor,Sandy J. Thomalla,Hugh J. Venables,Robert Williamson,Mike Zubkov +33 more
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.
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A reduced estimate of the strength of the ocean's biological carbon pump
Stephanie A. Henson,Richard Sanders,Esben Madsen,Paul J. Morris,Frédéric A. C. Le Moigne,Graham D. Quartly +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a thorium isotope tracer was used to provide direct estimates of particulate organic carbon export from the surface ocean to its interior, and the authors estimated global integrated carbon export as ∼5 GtC yr−1, lower than most current estimates.
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Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean’s twilight zone
Sarah L. C. Giering,Sarah L. C. Giering,Sarah L. C. Giering,Richard Sanders,Richard S. Lampitt,Thomas R. Anderson,Christian Tamburini,Mehdi Boutrif,Mikhail V. Zubkov,Chris M. Marsay,Chris M. Marsay,Stephanie A. Henson,Kevin Saw,Kathryn Cook,Daniel J. Mayor +14 more
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.
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Attenuation of sinking particulate organic carbon flux through the mesopelagic ocean
Chris M. Marsay,Chris M. Marsay,Richard Sanders,Stephanie A. Henson,Katsiaryna Pabortsava,Katsiaryna Pabortsava,Eric P. Achterberg,Eric P. Achterberg,Richard S. Lampitt +8 more
TL;DR: There is a significant relationship between the remineralization depth of sinking organic carbon flux in the upper ocean and water temperature, with shallower reminalization in warmer waters, suggesting that predicted future increases in ocean temperature will result in reduced CO2 storage by the oceans.