C. M. Flintrop

Rethinking sinking: Imaging flow fields of natural marine aggregates to infer porosity-dependent changes in sinking velocity and carbon flux

The paper measures sinking velocities of marine aggregates using PIV and shows small aggregates contribute 40-70% to carbon flux due to higher size-specific settling velocities.

Microplastics may reduce the efficiency of the biological carbon pump by decreasing the settling velocity and carbon content of marine snow