Heterotrophic Respiration as a Driver of Microbial Growth Efficiency in the California Current Ecosystem

Luana Olbrecht1,2, Melissa Brock1, Miguel Desmarais3, Riley J Hale1, Ewa Merz3, Kimberly J. Popendorf4 and Jeff Shovlowsky Bowman3, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (2)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States