Author(s): LaBrie R; Péquin B; Fortin St-Gelais N; Yashayaev I; Cherrier J; Gélinas Y; Guillemette F; Podgorski DC; Spencer RGM; Tremblay L; Maranger R;

The microbial carbon pump (MCP) hypothesis suggests that successive transformation of labile dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by prokaryotes produces refractory DOC (RDOC) and contributes to the long-term stability of the deep ocean DOC reservoir. We tested the MCP by exposing surface water from a ...

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