© Dan Mayor @OceanPlankton - Carbon budgets of Scotia Sea mesopelagic zooplankton and

© Dan Mayor @OceanPlankton Carbon budgets of Scotia Sea mesopelagic zooplankton and micronekton communities during austral spring Kathryn B. [...] Mayor COMICS •Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage programme (COMICS) •Deliver new insights into the processes influencing carbon cycling in the mesopelagic zone (Sanders et al., 2016). [...] Created with BioRender.com Scotia Sea – Station P3 • Iron-fertilised hotspot • Extensive phytoplankton bloom • High zooplankton & nekton biomass • High levels of C export Climatological satellite-derived primary production (gCm−2) in December. [...] Frontiers in Marine P3 • Long-term mooring Science 3 (136) observatory ( ) South Georgia Objectives Generate carbon budgets of the mesopelagic zooplankton and micronekton communities in the Scotia Sea Ingestion ≥Respiration + Excretion Quantify: • Vertical distribution & movements of zooplankton & micronekton • Feeding &. [...] Slide 1: Carbon budgets of Scotia Sea mesopelagic zooplankton and micronekton communities during austral spring Slide 2: COMICS Slide 3: Scotia Sea – Station P3 Slide 4: Objectives Slide 5: Methods - Net sampling Slide 6: Methods - Metabolic.