E. Kujawinski, M. Moran, Aron Stubbins, R. Fatland
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Abstract
Microorganisms are the foundation of the marine carbon cycle. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phytoplankton in the surface ocean use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into energy-rich organic compounds (“carbon fixation”) that are then released when the organisms are grazed or lysed. This in turn fuels a dynamic community of heterotrophic bacteria in both the surface and deep oceans. Over a year, oceanic phytoplankton species fix as much carbon as do land plants.