©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.The mesopelagic zone is a site of strong microbially driven particle attenuation with depth and thus plays a crucial role in controlling the transfer efficiency of the ocean’s biological pump. However, little quantitative information exists on the dependency of decay processes on the source material. Here we followed the decay of 14C-labeled dead particulate carbon (POC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from three different phytoplankton species, and two incubations of live diatoms, in mesopel...
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This dataset is part of a group of related datasets from the same mesopelagic decay experiments. See the "Related Datasets" section on this page for access to other related datasets in this group.
Datasets from these experiments:
- Bulk percentage of 14C, ATP, and prokaryote and protist abundances
- Biochemical percentages (protein, polysaccharides, and lipids)
- Biochemical decay rates
These three related datasets are all from the same mesopleagic decay experiments.
These three related datasets are all from the same mesopleagic decay experiments.
Bochdansky, A. B. (2026). Biochemical decay rates from mesopelagic decay experiments with Thalassiosira weissflogii, Emiliania huxleyi, and Tetraselmis sp.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-03-31 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.995681.1 [access date]
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