Before revision: Role in the oceanic silica cycle upright= 1.2 | Diatom bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina Deep seafloor deposition in the form of ooze is the largest long-term sink of the oceanic silica cycle (6.3 ± 3.6 Tmol Si year−1).
After revision: Role in the oceanic silica cycle upright= 1.15 | Diatom bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina Deep seafloor deposition in the form of ooze is the largest long-term sink of the oceanic silica cycle (6.3 ± 3.6 Tmol Si year−1).