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A Comparative Analysis of the Macrofaunal Communities Associated with Whale, Wood, and Kelp Falls on the Deep Sea Floor

Lutz, Gina Marie (Kalamazoo College, 2004)

The term food fall is used to refer to whale carrion and large parcels of wood and kelp that sink to the bottom of the ocean. • Organic flux to the deep sea floor in the form of large food falls is a defining factor ...