EcologybioRxiv
A seasonal copepod ‘lipid pump’ promotes carbon sequestration in the deep North Atlantic
Sigrun H. Jonasdottir, Andre W. Visser, Katherine Richardson, Michael R. Heath
The paper identifies a seasonal lipid pump mechanism in copepods that sequesters carbon in the deep North Atlantic, comparable to the biological pump's detrital flux.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1512110112