Image: Silicon cycle and balance in the modern world ocean

Description: Silicon cycle and balance in the modern world ocean Schematic view of the silicon cycle in the modern world ocean (input, output, and biological silicon fluxes), and possible balance (total silicon inputs=total silicon outputs=15.6 Tmol Si yr−1) in reasonable agreement with the individual range of each flux (F). The white arrows represent fluxes of net sources of dissolved \silicic acid (dSi) and/or of dissolvable amorphous silica (aSi) and of dSi recycled fluxes. Orange arrows correspond to sink fluxes of silicon (either as biogenic silica or as authigenic silica). Green arrows correspond to biological (pelagic) fluxes. All fluxes are in teramoles of silicon per year (Tmol Si yr−1).
Author: Paul J. Tréguer, Jill N. Sutton, Mark Brzezinski, Matthew A. Charette, Timothy Devries, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Claudia Ehlert, Jon Hawkings, Aude Leynaert, Su Mei Liu, Natalia Llopis Monferrer, María López-Acosta, Manuel Maldonado, Shaily Rahman, Lihua Ran and Olivier Rouxel
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