14 - Importance of
biology - role of community structure rather than just nutrient flux for export - role of microbial loop in
decoupling EP from PP
8 - The importance of
phytoplankton functional groups
7 - The variability in elemental
stoichiometry
2 - Incorporation of multiple
elements
3 - The complexity of temporal variability
through time-series
3 - Importance/difficulty of developing a
predictive ability
2 - The complexity of CaCO3 cycling
2 - Importance of iron
2 - Importance of nitrogen fixation
2 - Importance of the twilight zone
2 - We don’t know the physics as well as we
thought
2 - Importance of ballast
1 - General destruction of paradigms
1 - Computation technology available
1 - Extensive use of satellites
1 - Importance of DOC
1 - Previous over-emphasis on DOC