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Ocean dissolved organics matter

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Large quantities of organic carbon are stored in the ocean, but its biogeochemical behaviour is elusive. Size–age–composition relations now quantify the production of tiny organic molecules as a major pathway for carbon sequestration.

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Figure 1: Organic carbon reservoirs (bold) and fluxes (orange) in the ocean.

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  1. Rainer M.W. Amon is in the Department of Marine Sciences, USA and in the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Galveston Campus, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Texas 77553, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA,

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