How does a whale-fall community affect ocean sediment?

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Tokimon · Answer 1 · 2018-10-16T15:40:39+0000

When a whale dies it sinks to the ocean floor, and it's carcass is known as whale-fall. As the whale's carcass lies on the ocean floor, it's organic fragments enrich the sediment.

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