Rutgers: Fishes Contribute Roughly 1.65 Billion Tons of Carbon in Feces and Other Matter Annually
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 19 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Scientists have little understanding of the role fishes play in the global carbon cycle linked to climate change, but a Rutgers-led study found that carbon in feces, respiration and other excretions from fishes - roughly 1.65 billion tons annually - make up about 16 percent of the total carbon that sinks below the ocean's upper layers.
Better data on this key part of the Ea . . .
Scientists have little understanding of the role fishes play in the global carbon cycle linked to climate change, but a Rutgers-led study found that carbon in feces, respiration and other excretions from fishes - roughly 1.65 billion tons annually - make up about 16 percent of the total carbon that sinks below the ocean's upper layers.
Better data on this key part of the Ea . . .