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Description: Components of the biological pump Photic zone: 0–100 m; Mesopelagic: 100–1000 m; Bathypelagic: 1000 to abyssal depths. Below 1000 m depth carbon is considered removed from the atmosphere for at least 100  years. Scavenging: DOC incorporation within sinking particles.
Author: F. Boscolo-Galazzo, K. A. Crichton, S. Barker and P. N. Pearson
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