Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump
J. Pinti, T. DeVries, T. Norin, C. Serra-Pompei, R. Proud, D. A. Siegel, T. Kiorboe, C. M. Petrik, K. H. Andersen, A. S. Brierley, A. W. Visser
The paper estimates the carbon sequestration potential of metazoans through vertical migrations, finding their contribution to the biological carbon pump is over 50% of the global total with a longer sequestration time scale.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2021Ecology