Acknowledgements

The authors thank the captain and crew of the RV Sikuliaq for making field collection possible. The authors also thank Gabrielle Rocap and Curtis Deutsch for assistance in the field and valuable insight. Jacquelyn Burchfield provided helpful insights about the mathematical underpinnings of the particle remineralization model. We thank two anonymous reviewers, whose comments dramatically improved this manuscript.
Funding for this project was provided by NSF Grant Number DEB-1542240, as well as startup funds to JAC and CAF provided by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The McDonnell laboratory acknowledges support from NSF-OCE 1654663.
Data for this research, as well as analysis and model code are available on FigShare at https://figshare.com/articles/software/POMZ-ETNP-UVP-2017/14589435.