Biogeochemical Controls and Feedbacks on Ocean Primary Production

@article{Falkowski1998BiogeochemicalCA,
  title={Biogeochemical Controls and Feedbacks on Ocean Primary Production},
  author={Falkowski and Barber and Smetacek},
  journal={Science},
  year={1998},
  volume={281 5374},
  pages={
          200-7
        }
}
Changes in oceanic primary production, linked to changes in the network of global biogeochemical cycles, have profoundly influenced the geochemistry of Earth for over 3 billion years. In the contemporary ocean, photosynthetic carbon fixation by marine phytoplankton leads to formation of approximately 45 gigatons of organic carbon per annum, of which 16 gigatons are exported to the ocean interior. Changes in the magnitude of total and export production can strongly influence atmospheric CO2… 
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