Comment on "Physical model for the decay and preservation of marine organic carbon".
Rothman and Forney (Reports, 1 June 2007, p. 1325) described a model for the decay of marine organic carbon. However, the enzyme deactivation rates required by their model are too fast compared with available data, and the model fails to explain the similarity in observed decay rate constants from different experiments. Alternative models provide equally good fit to the observed temporal trend in decay rate constants.
Boudreau
Bernard P
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Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada.
Arnosti
Carol
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Jørgensen
Bo Barker
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Canfield
Donald E
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