海洋雪MarineSnow.pptVIP

Marine Snow Contents: The composition: 1. Aggregates of inorganic particles(无机颗粒) 2. Plankton cells（浮游细胞） 3. Detristus from dead or dying plankton （已 死或将死的浮游生物残骸 ） 4. Zooplankton fecal materials （浮游动物排泄物） 5. Matrix of polymers from phytoplankton and bacteria（浮游生物和细菌中的基质聚合物） Formation: The marine snow and carbon cycle： A proportion of the photosynthetically fixed carbon ia transported from the surface of the ocean to the seafloor by the sinking of the marine snow. However,as the particles sink, organic material can be degraded by the microbial population. Thus, much of the carbon