Transparent Exopolymer Particles and Coomassie Stainable Particles Show Uncoupled Distributions in the Surface Ocean

Marina Zamanillo1, Eva Ortega-Retuerta2, Pablo Rodríguez-Ros1, Pau Cortés1, Sdena Nunes1, Marta Estrada1, Maria Montserrat Sala1, Cèlia Marrasé1, Josep M. Gasol1, Carolina Cisternas-Novoa3, Anja Engel3 and Rafel Simó1, (1)Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Catalonia, Spain, (2)Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls sur mer, France, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany