"biological pump" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008, Steven R. Emerson, John Hedges, chapter 11, in Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle, →ISBN, page 376:",
          "text": "Thus, changes in the magnitude of the ocean's biological pump may have had a large influence on the f_(CO2) of the atmosphere in the past and could also be important in controlling future f_(CO2).",
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        "The collection of biological ocean processes that regulate the uptake, storage, and release of carbon."
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        "(earth science) The collection of biological ocean processes that regulate the uptake, storage, and release of carbon."
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        "(earth science) The collection of biological ocean processes that regulate the uptake, storage, and release of carbon."
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