The Sinking Dead—Arctic Deep‐Sea Scavengers' Diet Suggests Nekton as Vector in Benthopelagic Coupling

The Sinking Dead—Arctic Deep‐Sea Scavengers' Diet Suggests Nekton as Vector in Benthopelagic Coupling

ABSTRACT Many benthic deep‐sea animals rely on carcasses from the overlying water column that sink to the seafloor and form local organic enrichments known as food falls. This flux of organic carbon from the shallow pelagic to the deep sea is part of the biological carbon pump (BCP) and as such cont...

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Main Authors: Lara Schmittmann, Sophie V. Schindler, Till Bayer, Janina Fuss, Charlotte Havermans, Véronique Merten, Henk‐Jan T. Hoving
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-09-01
Series:Environmental DNA
Subjects:
biological carbon pump
Eurythenes gryllus
food falls
HAUSGARTEN
metabarcoding
parasites
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70020
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