Scientific project
PLACARDO
PLAnktonic CArbon Roads to Deep Ocean
Principal Investigator(s) :
Lars Stemmann
Local Coordinator(s) :
Lars Stemmann
Team(s) involved :
Members :
SUMMARY
The oceans play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle. PLACARDO aims at understanding and quantify the export of planktonic biomass to the deep ocean at different scales.
Project Description
The oceans play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle by taking up atmospheric CO2 by planktonic production and sequestering a fraction of it in the deep ocean. The depth at which this organic material is respired affects atmospheric carbon concentrations. Many mesopelagic bio-physical processes impacting this carbon pump are unknown or poorly quantified. PLACARDO aims at understanding and quantifying the export of planktonic biomass to the deep ocean at different scales.
