Macroscopic aggregates of detritus, living organisms and inorganic matter known as marine
snow, have significance in the ocean both as unique, partially isolated microenvironments …

Due to the major role played by diatoms in the biological pump of CO2, and to the presence
of silica-rich sediments in areas that play a major role in air–sea CO2 exchange (eg the …

Blooms of chain-forming marine diatoms were observed in the process of aggregating into
centimeter-sized flocs of marine snow in surface waters of the Santa Barbara Channel …

Analyses of deltaic facies successions highlight recurring ichnological patterns that reflect a
variety of physicochemical stresses imposed upon infaunal organisms by the interaction of …

A recent major discovery has been the rapid sedimentation of phytodetritus to the deep-sea
floor1–3 Although benthic mega-faunal invertebrates appear to seek out this relatively fresh …

Most of the photosynthetically produced organic material reaching the ocean-floor is
transported as settling particles, among which larger particles such as faecal pellets and …

Previous biological studies in the Northeast Atlantic have suggested that phytodetrital
aggregates, which originate in the euphotic zone and settle rapidly to the seafloor following …

The deep-sea benthic community at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic) is a highly
food limited system. The annual input of sedimenting phytodetritus, which reaches the sea …

For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine
species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries have …

A series of oxic and anoxic incubations examined the decay of two marine phytoplankton,
the diatom Thalassiosira weissffogii and the coccoid cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp, in …