Jelly-falls

A mass deposition of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses were found along an oil pipeline in West Africa in 2006.

Jelly-falls are marine carbon cycling events whereby gelatinous zooplankton sink to the seafloor and enhance carbon and nitrogen fluxes via rapidly sinking particulate organic matter.[1] These events provide nutrition to benthic megafauna and bacteria.[2][3] Jelly-falls have been implicated as a major “gelatinous pathway” for the sequestration of labile biogenic carbon through the biological pump.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions.". Hydrobiologia. 690: 227–245.
  2. ↑ "Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa).". Limnology and Oceanography. 54: 1197–1209.
  3. ↑ "First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord.". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 58: 1206–1211.
  4. ↑ Burd, Adrian. "Towards a transformative understanding of the ocean’s biological pump: Priorities for future research-Report on the NSF Biology of the Biological Pump Workshop." (PDF). OCB: Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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