From Individual Physiology to Ecosystem Flux: To What Extent Do Respiration Rate Measurements Constrain Uncertainty in the Contribution of Mesopelagic Fishes to the Biological Carbon Pump?

Helena McMonagle1, Joel Llopiz2, Dr. Amy E Maas, PhD3, Deborah K Steinberg4, Annette Govindarajan5 and Timothy E. Essington1, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (3)Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences - Arizona State University, School of Ocean Futures, St. George's, Bermuda, (4)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States