• The appendicularian Oikopleura dioica can enhance carbon export in a high CO<inf>2</inf> ocean 

      Taucher, Jan; Lechtenbörger, Anna Katharina; Bouquet, Jean-Marie; Spisla, Carsten; Boxhammer, Tim; Minutolo, Fabrizio; Bach, Lennart Thomas; Lohbeck, Kai T.; Sswat, Michael; Dörner, Isabel; Ismar-Rebitz, Stefanie M. H.; Thompson, Eric Malcolm; Riebesell, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Gelatinous zooplankton are increasingly recognized to play a key role in the ocean's biological carbon pump. Appendicularians, a class of pelagic tunicates, are among the most abundant gelatinous plankton in the ocean, but ...