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Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats
Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats
E. L. Cavan, N. Mackay, S. L. Hill, A. Atkinson, A. Belcher, A. Visser
Nature Communications  ·  08 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52135-6

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2024

Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats
Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats
E. L. Cavan, N. Mackay, S. L. Hill, A. Atkinson, A. Belcher, A. Visser
Nature Communications  ·  08 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52135-6
Author Correction: Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world
Author Correction: Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world
Stephanie A. Henson, Charlotte Laufkötter, Shirley Leung, Sarah L. C. Giering, Hilary I. Palevsky, Emma L. Cavan
Nature Geoscience  ·  29 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01516-z
Observational and Numerical Modeling Constraints on the Global Ocean Biological Carbon Pump
Observational and Numerical Modeling Constraints on the Global Ocean Biological Carbon Pump
Scott C. Doney, Kayla A. Mitchell, Stephanie A. Henson, Emma Cavan, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Gruber, Judith Hauck, Colleen B. Mouw, Jens D. Müller, Francois W. Primeau
Global Biogeochemical Cycles  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1029/2024GB008156
Good fisheries management is good carbon management
Good fisheries management is good carbon management
Natalie F. Andersen, Emma L. Cavan, William W. L. Cheung, Angela H. Martin, Grace K. Saba, U. Rashid Sumaila
npj Ocean Sustainability  ·  21 Mar 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00053-x
Observational and numerical modeling constraints on the global ocean biological carbon pump
Observational and numerical modeling constraints on the global ocean biological carbon pump
Scott C. Doney, Kayla Alexis Mitchell, Stephanie Anne Henson, Emma L Cavan, Timothy DeVries, Nicolas Gruber, Judith Hauck, Colleen B. Mouw, Jens Daniel Müller, Francois W. Primeau
Authorea, Inc.  ·  07 Mar 2024  ·  doi:10.22541/essoar.170983384.44030316/v1

2023

Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics
Climate change impacts on Antarctic krill behaviour and population dynamics
So Kawaguchi, Angus Atkinson, Dominik Bahlburg, Kim S. Bernard, Emma L. Cavan, Martin J. Cox, Simeon L. Hill, Bettina Meyer, Devi Veytia
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment  ·  19 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1038/s43017-023-00504-y
Valuing carbon sequestration by Antarctic krill faecal pellets
Valuing carbon sequestration by Antarctic krill faecal pellets
E. L. Cavan, N. Mackay, S.L. Hill, A. Atkinson, A. Belcher, A. Visser
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  17 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.1101/2023.10.13.562177
Concepts Toward a Global Mechanistic Mapping of Ocean Carbon Export
Concepts Toward a Global Mechanistic Mapping of Ocean Carbon Export
Emmanuel C. Laurenceau‐Cornec, Mathieu Mongin, Thomas W. Trull, Matthieu Bressac, Emma L. Cavan, Lennart T. Bach, Frédéric A. C. Le Moigne, Frédéric Planchon, Philip W. Boyd
Global Biogeochemical Cycles  ·  01 Sep 2023  ·  doi:10.1029/2023GB007742

2022

Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world
Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world
Stephanie A. Henson, Charlotte Laufkötter, Shirley Leung, Sarah L. C. Giering, Hilary I. Palevsky, Emma L. Cavan
Nature Geoscience  ·  01 Apr 2022  ·  doi:10.1038/s41561-022-00927-0

2021

Commercial fishery disturbance of the global ocean biological carbon sink
Commercial fishery disturbance of the global ocean biological carbon sink
Emma L. Cavan, Simeon L. Hill
Global Change Biology  ·  18 Dec 2021  ·  doi:10.1111/gcb.16019
“Sinking dead”—How zooplankton carcasses contribute to particulate organic carbon flux in the subantarctic Southern Ocean
“Sinking dead”—How zooplankton carcasses contribute to particulate organic carbon flux in the subantarctic Southern Ocean
Svenja Halfter, Emma L. Cavan, Philip Butterworth, Kerrie M. Swadling, Philip W. Boyd
Limnology and Oceanography  ·  07 Nov 2021  ·  doi:10.1002/lno.11971
Reconciling the Size‐Dependence of Marine Particle Sinking Speed
Reconciling the Size‐Dependence of Marine Particle Sinking Speed
B. B. Cael, Emma L. Cavan, Gregory L. Britten
Geophysical Research Letters  ·  06 Mar 2021  ·  doi:10.1029/2020GL091771

2020

Implications for the mesopelagic microbial gardening hypothesis as determined by experimental fragmentation of Antarctic krill fecal pellets
Implications for the mesopelagic microbial gardening hypothesis as determined by experimental fragmentation of Antarctic krill fecal pellets
Emma L. Cavan, So Kawaguchi, Philip W. Boyd
Ecology and Evolution  ·  28 Dec 2020  ·  doi:10.1002/ece3.7119
Commercial fishery disturbance of the global open-ocean carbon sink
Commercial fishery disturbance of the global open-ocean carbon sink
E. L. Cavan, S. L. Hill
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  23 Sep 2020  ·  doi:10.1101/2020.09.21.307462

2018

Alternative Particle Formation Pathways in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific's Biological Carbon Pump
Alternative Particle Formation Pathways in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific's Biological Carbon Pump
E. L. Cavan, S. L. C. Giering, G. A. Wolff, M. Trimmer, R. Sanders
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences  ·  01 Jul 2018  ·  doi:10.1029/2018JG004392

2017

Slow‐sinking particulate organic carbon in the Atlantic Ocean: Magnitude, flux, and potential controls
Slow‐sinking particulate organic carbon in the Atlantic Ocean: Magnitude, flux, and potential controls
Chelsey A. Baker, Stephanie A. Henson, Emma L. Cavan, Sarah L. C. Giering, Andrew Yool, Marion Gehlen, Anna Belcher, Jennifer S. Riley, Helen E. K. Smith, Richard Sanders
Global Biogeochemical Cycles  ·  01 Jul 2017  ·  doi:10.1002/2017GB005638
Remineralization of particulate organic carbon in an ocean oxygen minimum zone
Remineralization of particulate organic carbon in an ocean oxygen minimum zone
E. L. Cavan, M. Trimmer, F. Shelley, R. Sanders
Nature Communications  ·  21 Mar 2017  ·  doi:10.1038/ncomms14847
Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump
Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump
Emma L. Cavan, Stephanie A. Henson, Anna Belcher, Richard Sanders
Biogeosciences  ·  12 Jan 2017  ·  doi:10.5194/bg-14-177-2017

2016

Response to Reviewer 2
Response to Reviewer 2
Emma Cavan
Copernicus GmbH  ·  10 Nov 2016  ·  doi:10.5194/bg-2016-251-AC2
Response to Reviewer 1
Response to Reviewer 1
Emma Cavan
Copernicus GmbH  ·  10 Nov 2016  ·  doi:10.5194/bg-2016-251-AC1
Supplementary material to "Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump"
Supplementary material to "Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump"
Emma L. Cavan, Stephanie A. Henson, Anna Belcher, Richard Sanders
Copernicus GmbH  ·  23 Jun 2016  ·  doi:10.5194/bg-2016-251-supplement
Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump
Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump
Emma L. Cavan, Stephanie A. Henson, Anna Belcher, Richard Sanders
Copernicus GmbH  ·  23 Jun 2016  ·  doi:10.5194/bg-2016-251
What causes the inverse relationship between primary production and export efficiency in the Southern Ocean?
What causes the inverse relationship between primary production and export efficiency in the Southern Ocean?
Frédéric A. C. Le Moigne, Stephanie A. Henson, Emma Cavan, Clément Georges, Katsiaryna Pabortsava, Eric P. Achterberg, Elena Ceballos‐Romero, Mike Zubkov, Richard J. Sanders
Geophysical Research Letters  ·  07 May 2016  ·  doi:10.1002/2016gl068480

2015

Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets
Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets
E. L. Cavan, F. A. C. Le Moigne, A. J. Poulton, G. A. Tarling, P. Ward, C. J. Daniels, G. M. Fragoso, R. J. Sanders
Geophysical Research Letters  ·  09 Feb 2015  ·  doi:10.1002/2014gl062744