Table_2_Food falls in the deep northwestern Weddell Sea.xlsx

• Main Authors: Julian B. Stauffer, Autun Purser, Huw J. Griffiths, Craig R. Smith, Henk-Jan T. Hoving
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; scavenging; penguin; Antarctic Peninsula; Powell Basin; OFOBS; fisheries discards; carbon pump; baleen whale; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1055318.s002; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Table_2_Food_falls_in_the_deep_northwestern_Weddell_Sea_xlsx/21570816

When pelagic organisms die and fall onto the deep-sea floor they create food falls, i.e., parcels of organic enrichment that subsidize deep benthic scavenging communities. The diversity and quantities of food falls remain unstudied for many ocean regions since they are stochastically deposited and r...