First clues on the ecology of whale falls in the deep Atlantic Ocean: results from an experiment using cow carcasses

Sunken whale carcasses, known as ‘whale falls’, deliver large pulses of organic material to the seafloor and serve as habitat islands for unique assemblages of deep-sea fauna that include generalist scavenging species, chemosynthetic fauna related to those from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, and...

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Main Author: Hilário, Ana (author)
Other Authors: Cunha, Marina R. (author), Génio, Luciana (author), Marçal, Ana Raquel (author), Ravara, Ascensão (author), Rodrigues, Clara F. (author), Wiklund, Helena (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Chemosynthetic ecosystems
Cow bone
Deep-sea
Succession
Whale-fall
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27983
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/27983

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27983

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