Image: Gelatinous zooplankton biological pump

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Description: Gelatinous zooplankton biological pump How jelly carbon fits in the biological pump. A schematic representation of the biological pump and the biogeochemical processes that remove elements from the surface ocean by sinking biogenic particles including jelly carbon.
Author: Mario Lebrato, Markus Pahlow, Jessica R. Frost, Marie Küter, Pedro de Jesus Mendes, Juan‐Carlos Molinero and Andreas Oschlies

The diagram is adapted from a JGOFS U.S. cartoon to accommodate and describe jelly carbon sinking and export. Symbols are courtesy of the Integration and Application Network (http://ian.umces.edu/symbols/).
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