Biogenic silica fluxes in the seasonally ice-covered Northwind Ridge, western Arctic Ocean: drivers and implications for the biological carbon pump.
The silica cycle is intimately coupled with marine food-web dynamics, biogeochemical transformations, and the efficiency of the biological carbon pump (BCP). To elucidate the factors controlling biogenic silica (bSiO2) flux and its role in carbon export, we conducted a year-long (August 2008-September 2009) sediment tr...