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ArticleNature communications2025

The overlooked contribution of the seasonal mixed layer pump to carbon export in low-latitude oceans.

Chao Xu, Nicolas Cassar, Andrew F Thompson, Yuchen Zhang, Haili Wang, Xin Liu, Bangqin Huang

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chao XuState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9495-294X
Nicolas CassarDivision of Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-3783
Andrew F ThompsonEnvironmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0322-4811
Yuchen ZhangState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Haili WangState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Xin LiuState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. liuxin1983@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-9618
Bangqin HuangState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. bqhuang@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2279-6241

Funding

China Scholarship Council (CSC) 202306310164National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42130401National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42141002National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42421004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The seasonal mixed layer pump (MLP) is an important pathway transporting organic carbon from the upper ocean to the ocean interior. While the MLP's export role has been well-studied in high latitudes, its contribution in low latitudes remains uncertain. Here, we quantify the seasonal MLP-driven carbon export (E

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