Meaning of foodfall | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Griffiths, Huw J.; Whittle, Rowan J.; Roberts, Stephen J.; Belchier, Mark⟳; Linse, Katrin (July 2013), “Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?”, in PLoS One, volume 8, number⟳ 7, →Bibcode, →DOI, →PMID, archived from the original on 16 May 2020, page e66981: “There is strong evidence that many of the deepwater lithodids in the region are opportunistic necrophagous scavengers and are attracted to foodfalls and carrion.””

““CARCASS – Carbon Transport⟳ via Arctic Pelagic Animals Sinking to the Deep-Sea Seafloor”, in Expedition Programme PS121 Polarstern, July 2019, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, pages 22–24: “The deposition of such larger carcasses on the seafloor results in foodfalls, and may provide⟳ local enrichments and attract⟳ a variety of benthic scavengers.””

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