Whale fall communities on the seafloor-how does nature recycle something as large as a dead whale?
Whale fall communities on the seafloor-how does nature recycle something as large as a dead whale?
Ocean Currents Radio Program · Shannon Johnson
July 19, 201351m 0s
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Show Notes
When a whale dies and falls to the seafloor a fascinating community of animals take over in the deep sea. Shannon Johnson, a research technician at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute describes the process and how scientists are studying these unique opportunistic communities.
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whale falldecompositiondeep sea