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Global biophysical model. (A and C) Schematic of the ecosystem structure with y axis representing the size of organisms and x axis representing their functional type. In A, remineralization is parameterized as a rate, while, in C, three heterotrophic bacteria size classes are explicitly included in the food web. (B and D) Modeled surface biomass (milligrams C per cubic meter) of the model Prochlorococcus analogs for the case with no explicit bacteria (B) and the case with bacteria (D).
