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ArticleNature2023

Biological carbon pump estimate based on multidecadal hydrographic data.

Wei-Lei Wang, Weiwei Fu, Frédéric A C Le Moigne, Robert T Letscher, Yi Liu, Jin-Ming Tang, François W Primeau

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Decoupled timescales of organic carbon and phosphorus recycling in the global ocean.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. Physical controls on heterogeneous mesopelagic biogeochemistry.Communications earth & environment · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wei-Lei WangState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. weilei.wang@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3201-7224
Weiwei FuDepartment of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4965-0832
Frédéric A C Le MoigneUniv Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, Plouzané, France.
Robert T LetscherEarth Sciences and Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3768-9003
Yi LiuDepartment of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4901-561X
Jin-Ming TangState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7001-7700
François W PrimeauDepartment of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. fprimeau@uci.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7452-9415

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transfer of photosynthetically produced organic carbon from surface to mesopelagic waters draws carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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Carbon DioxideSeawaterWaterAnimalsGlobal WarmingOceans and SeasPhotosynthesisZooplanktonCarbon DioxideWater

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PMID38057667
PMCPMC10733149

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