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What are biological pumps and Carbonate pump? In ocean...

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The carbonate pump is sometimes referred to as the “hard tissue” component of the biological pump. ... While the biological carbon pump fixes inorganic carbon (CO2) into particulate organic carbon in the form of sugar (C6H12O6), the carbonate pump fixes inorganic bicarbonate and causes a net release of CO2

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