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The microorganisms, their organic matter and the gases they consume and release are vital components of the hydrosphere which impinge upon the atmosphere. This chapter considers the microbiological processes, and the organic-chemical transformations that occur, when microorganisms utilize one gas as a raw material while releasing another gas as a by-product during the synthesis and decay of organic matter. The cells and the by-products from the growth and metabolism of each trophic or feeding type of microorganism are in turn used by other trophic types to form an ecosystem, a community of organisms considered as a unit together with its physical environment. The microorganisms, their organic matter and the gases that regulate the metabolism within this ecosystem are transformed and balanced in a daily rhythm of production and consumption, controlled directly or indirectly by the solar cycle. They are also affected by physical processes which transfer gases, organic matter and microorganisms to and from the mixed layer and its boundaries at the sea-air interface and at the thermocline.

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Sieburth, J.M. (1983). Microbiological and Organic-Chemical Processes in the Surface and Mixed Layers. In: Liss, P.S., Slinn, W.G.N. (eds) Air-Sea Exchange of Gases and Particles. NATO ASI Series, vol 108. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7169-1_3

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