The benthos: the ocean’s last boundary?
Benthic communities depend on receiving much of their food from the water column. While sinking, particles are transformed in a discontinuous process and are temporally retained in transitional physical structures, which act as boundaries and contribute to their further transformation. Motile organi...
Main Authors: | Josep-Maria Gili, Begoña Vendrell-Simón, Wolf Arntz, Francesc Sabater, Joandomènec Ros |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2020-12-01
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Series: | Scientia Marina |
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Online Access: | http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1883 |
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