Karin M. Björkman

The downward legacy of a phytoplankton bloom in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Abstract Ocean particles are a heterogeneous collection, including living and dead cells, feces, mucus‐rich aggregates, and mineral shells and frustules. In the well‐lit upper ocean, phototrophic processes fuel production of particulate matter; however, only a relatively small pe...