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Fish Food in the Deep Sea: Revisiting the Role of Large Food-Falls
The carcasses of large pelagic vertebrates that sink to the seafloor represent a bounty of food to the deep-sea benthos, but natural food-falls have been rarely observed. Here were report on the first observations of three large ‘fish-falls’ on the deep-sea floor: a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24804731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096016 |