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The biological carbon pump helps regulate the partitioning of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the ocean and is expected to play a fundamental role in future climate change.
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Sanders, R., Henson, S. (2014). Ecological Carbon Sequestration in the Oceans and Climate Change. In: Freedman, B. (eds) Global Environmental Change. Handbook of Global Environmental Pollution, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_44
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