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[becon776]

interesting and informative reply.

what then, in nature, is responsible for the export of organic carbon??

"the model confirms the observed data that DOC accounts for 80% of total organic carbon export. In order to balance the standing crop of DOC in the marine fringe zone, the model suggested that 40% is removed in this zone by microorganisms as well as resident and tidal migrant fauna."

in the journal article they discussed that the rate of this uptake is influenced by water temp and the "zones" of aerobic / anaerobic activity within the benthos. These metazoan fauna remineralize DOC.

uh oh..... after reading I found that nature's answer to DOC is a combination or DSB. and photosynthetic cycling of inorganic carbon. Something which from personal experience has MIRACULOUS short term application, and deleterious LONG term application.

skim on!
I do remember that the person who was on the board with the skimmerless tank had an ENORMOUS sump, countless buckets of caulerpa to give away and a predom soft coral tank.

 

[tmz]

Bacteria and other micro organisms break it down. Some of it may ultmately take other carbon forms like CO3/HCO3 .At some point in the chains of activity I suspect CO2 equilibration via dilution and gas exchange with the athmosphere occurs to maintain a viable element balance in the sea.

 

[Gravesj1s]

I was wondering why some of the questions in this thread.After searching a bit I think I found that answer.The Ken Feldman skimmate analysis.

I got to admit its astonishing and baffling to me.I had always assumed and perhaps wrongly that even though some things were thought to be unskimmable in one form, by compounding with another <(i.e.- a + charge can combine with a - charge)
that has attraction to the waters interface be skimmed out.Overall, it doesnt seem to happen much from what Im getting out of his findings. Seems to be mostly salt being removed.
Has anyone given thought in this area?


edit: Disregard,found what I was looking for.