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foodfall (plural foodfalls)

  1. Alternative form of food fall
    • Griffiths, Huw J., Whittle, Rowan J., Roberts, Stephen J., Belchier, Mark, Linse, Katrin (2013 July) “Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?”, in PLoS One[1], volume 8, number 7, →Bibcode, →DOI, →PMID, archived from the original on 2020-05-16, 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[2], 2019 July, archived from the original on 2020-05-21, 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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