Food falls in the deep northwestern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Stauffer, Julian B., Purser, Autun, Griffiths, Huw J., Smith, Craig R., Hoving, Henk-Jan T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Powell Basin; Antarc*; baleen whale
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533480/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533480/1/fmars-09-1055318.pdf; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1055318

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