A New Mathematical Model to Explore Microbial Processes and their Constraints in Phytoplankton Colonies and Sinking Marine Aggregates

Arzhang Khalili1, Nasrollah Moradi2, Bo Liu3, Morten H. Iversen3, Marcel Martinus Maria Kuypers1 and Helle Ploug4, (1)Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, (2)MARUM, Bremen, Germany, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (4)University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden