Solitary phytoplankton cells sink in the mesopelagic ocean

• Annie Bodel,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

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• Margaret Estapa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Marine Sciences, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

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• Colleen A. Durkin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cdurkin@mbari.org

  Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-4914

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