The oceans’ twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late

Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

Lionel Guidi, Samuel Chaffron, Lucie Bittner et al. · Nature · 2016 · 849 citations · Full text

Carbon Export, Carbon Sequestration, Biogeochemistry +5

Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

Xabier Irigoien, Thor A. Klevjer, Anders Røstad et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 749 citations · Full text

The impact of remineralization depth on the air–sea carbon balance

Eun Young Kwon, François Primeau, Jorge L. Sarmiento · Nature Geoscience · 2009 · 525 citations

Carbon Sequestration, Biogeochemistry, Engineering +9

Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean’s twilight zone

Sarah L. C. Giering, Richard Sanders, Richard S. Lampitt et al. · Nature · 2014 · 405 citations · Full text

Carbon Sequestration, Engineering, Marine Chemistry +6

Carbon export mediated by mesopelagic fishes in the northeast Pacific Ocean

Peter C. Davison, David M. Checkley, J. Anthony Koslow et al. · Progress In Oceanography · 2013 · 326 citations

Biology, Carbon Export, Carbon Sequestration +9