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Nutrients, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in sea water

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The manner in which the carbon cycle operates in the ocean is of prime importance to marine geochemistry because the down-column transport of particulate organic carbon, i.e. the global carbon flux, drives the processes that control the removal of material from the water column and its incorporation into the sediment sink. The nutrient and carbon cycles are intimately interrelated, but for convenience they are considered separately in the following sections.

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