Photosynthesis or planktonic respiration?

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Geider, RJ
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[1] Institute of Ecosystem Studies,
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10.1038/40536
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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del Giorgio and Cole reply — Geiderraises two main issues: first, he points to substantial evidence suggesting net autotrophy in surface ocean waters; and second, he argues that the estimates of bacterial respiration we used in our paper1, which are based largely on measurements of oxygen consumption in size-fractionated samples, could overestimate the contribution of bacteria.
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