3–MICROSCOPY AND DNA-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF SINKING PARTICLES AT THE BERMUDA ATLANTIC TIME-SERIES STUDY (BATS) STATION POINT TO ZOOPLANKTON MEDIATION OF PARTICLE FLUX

摘要: Plankton-derived, microscopic, and macroscopic sinking aggregates constitute most of the particulate organic carbon (POC) flux in the oceans. While the flux of particulate organic matter and associated elements has been quantified at the Bermuda