Relationships Between Microbial Production and Sinking Particle Fluxes in the Mesopelagic Waters of the Subtropical North Pacific

Matthew Church1, Alexa Nelson2, John Ranieri1, Natalie Dornan2 and Donn Viviani2, (1)University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, MT, United States, (2)University of Hawaii, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, Honolulu, HI, United States