food fall

food fall
the descent of a large dead organism (such as a whale) and the corpse itself, to and on the sea floor It then forms a nutrient supply for a variety of organisms and for fish both directly and indirectly. Also used for the much smaller marine snow or plankton rain

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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