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Whale fall

A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to deep-sea organisms for decades. In some circumstances, particularly in…

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Whale fall

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related to External links · 20
Whale fall → Archived, Article, Baco, Berkeley, Buoyant Bones In Whales, California, Fossil Whale Puts Limit, Hawaiʻi, NOAA's Undersea Research, November, NURP, Oily, On Origin, Science Daily, September, Smith, Tale, University, Wayback MachineRobin Meadows, Whale
related to Paleontology · 20
Whale fall → Another, As, California, Chemosynthetic-only, Eocene, Eocene New Zealand, It, Italy, Japan, Mesozoic, Miocene, MYA, Oligocene, Osteopelta, Pliocene, The, They, This, Washington, Whale
related to Biodiversity · 14
Whale fall → Among, Another, At, Chordate, Desulfobacteraceae, Desulfobulbaceae, Dover, Many, Methanomicrobiales, Methanosarcinales, Some, Sulfur-oxidizing, The, Though
related to Contrast with other large food-falls · 13
Whale fall → Although, Another, Around, In, Many, Osedax, Overall, The, There, This, Various, Whale, Zoarcidae
related to Discovery · 11
Whale fall → By, DSV-1, February, LT Ken Hanson, LT Tom Vetter, Master Chief George Ellis, Osteopelta, Santa Catalina, The, Trieste II, US Navy
related to Ecology · 10
Whale fall → Adult, At, Before, Members, Mussels, Osedax, Similarly, There, This, Whale
related to Contribution to the biological pump · 8
Whale fall → Based, Biological, Lateral, POC, The, This, Various, Whales
has effect · 6
Whale fall → Carbon, However, It, The, Whales, Whaling
related to Ecosystem stages · 6
Whale fall → Large, Osedax, Researchers, Smaller, There, These
related to Methanogenesis · 5
Whale fall → Archaea, Concentration, Methanogenesis, The, Whale

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whale falls fall carcasses deep carbon also sea species large bones carcass found whales observed ocean deep-sea due osedax stage

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actinomycetesinstance ofthese ecosystems are typically first inhabited by heterotrophic microbes0.80text
which break down collageninstance ofthese ecosystems are typically first inhabited by heterotrophic microbes0.80text
and sulfate reducersinstance ofthese ecosystems are typically first inhabited by heterotrophic microbes0.80text
blob sculpininstance ofand various bony fish species0.80text
Dover soleinstance ofand various bony fish species0.80text
and snubnose eelpoutinstance ofand various bony fish species0.80text
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Whale fallhas effectHowever0.60section
Whale fallhas effectWhales0.60section
Whale fallhas effectWhaling0.60section
Whale fallhas effectCarbon0.60section

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