Extended Data Table 3 Overview of the phytoplankton communities at the 6 study sites investigated

From: Decoding drivers of carbon flux attenuation in the oceanic biological pump

  1. These observations were made during the respective campaigns, and/or obtained from published studies for some sites. (Chla = chlorophyll a). * Log10(Chla max) – Log10(Chla min) [ref. 101]. † Chla climatogies (2002–2023) obtained from MODIS AQUA (4 km resolution). ‡ Range or average (and standard deviation) of Chla inventories measured during the respective field campaigns. a Barlow, R. et al. Environmental influence on phytoplankton communities in the northern Benguela ecosystem. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 40, 355–370; 2018. b Marañón, E. et al. Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 18, 1749–1767; 2021. c Bock, N., Van Wambeke, F., Dion, M. & Duhamel, S. Microbial community structure in the western tropical South Pacific. Biogeosciences 15, 3909–3925; 2018.
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