In-situ assessment of the fate of sunken biomass in the deep ocean: insights into biogeochemical cycling, carbon sequestration potential, and benthic ecosystem alteration

Bauer, Kohen

In-situ assessment of the fate of sunken biomass in the deep ocean: insights into biogeochemical cycling, carbon sequestration potential, and benthic ecosystem alteration

Kohen Witt Bauer¹, Paulo Correa¹, Alex Lupin¹, Stefanie Mellon¹, Mojtaba Fakhraee^2,3, Anna Savage⁴, Alison K. Tune⁵, Alexander Slonimer⁶, Bradley Rochlin⁵ and Fabio De Leo^1,7, (1)University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, (2)Yale University, New Haven, United States, (3)University of Connecticut, Groton, United States, (4)Sofar Ocean Technologies, San Francisco, United States, (5)Cascade Climate, Boston, United States, (6)Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, Canada, (7)University of Victoria, Department of Biology, Victoria, BC, Canada