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Rethinking sinking: Imaging flow fields of natural marine aggregates to infer porosity-dependent changes in sinking velocity and carbon flux
C. M. Flintrop, S. Ahmerkamp, N. Moradi…·M. H. Iversen
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.
DOI 10.1101/2023.09.05.555549