foodfall

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A form of food fall — An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounfoodfall (plural foodfalls)

plural foodfalls

  1. alternativeAlternative form of food fall.
    2 more examples

    Griffiths, Huw J.; Whittle, Rowan J.; Roberts, Stephen J.; Belchier, Mark; Linse, Katrin (28 July 2013), “Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?”, in PLoS One, volume 8, number 7, →Bibcode, →DOI, →PMID, archived from the original on 16 May 2020, page e66981: “There is strong evidence that many of the deepwater lithodids in the region are opportunistic necrophagous scavengers and are attracted to foodfalls and carrion.”

    “CARCASS – Carbon Transport via Arctic Pelagic Animals Sinking to the Deep-Sea Seafloor”, in Expedition Programme PS121 Polarstern, 28 July 2019, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, pages 22–24: “The deposition of such larger carcasses on the seafloor results in foodfalls, and may provide local enrichments and attract a variety of benthic scavengers.”

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