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[[File:Pyrosoma atlanticum.JPG|thumb|A mass deposition of ''Pyrosoma atlanticum'' carcasses were found along an oil pipeline in West Africa in 2006. |
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'''Jelly-falls''' are marine [[Carbon cycle|carbon cycling]] events whereby gelatinous [[zooplankton]] sink to the seafloor and enhance carbon and nitrogen fluxes via rapidly sinking [[particulate organic matter]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions.|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=690.1 (2012): 227-245}}</ref> These events provide nutrition to [[Benthic zone|benthic]] [[megafauna]] and [[bacteria]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa).|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|volume=54.4 (2009): 1197-1209}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord.|journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers|volume=58.12 (2011): 1206-1211}}</ref> Jelly-falls have been implicated as a major “gelatinous pathway” for the [[Carbon sequestration|sequestration]] of labile biogenic carbon through the [[biological pump]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burd|first1=Adrian|title=Towards a transformative understanding of the ocean’s biological pump: Priorities for future research-Report on the NSF Biology of the Biological Pump Workshop.|url=http://www.us-ocb.org/publications/BioPump-Final.pdf|website=OCB: Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref> |
'''Jelly-falls''' are marine [[Carbon cycle|carbon cycling]] events whereby gelatinous [[zooplankton]] sink to the seafloor and enhance carbon and nitrogen fluxes via rapidly sinking [[particulate organic matter]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions.|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=690.1 (2012): 227-245}}</ref> These events provide nutrition to [[Benthic zone|benthic]] [[megafauna]] and [[bacteria]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa).|journal=Limnology and Oceanography|volume=54.4 (2009): 1197-1209}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord.|journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers|volume=58.12 (2011): 1206-1211}}</ref> Jelly-falls have been implicated as a major “gelatinous pathway” for the [[Carbon sequestration|sequestration]] of labile biogenic carbon through the [[biological pump]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burd|first1=Adrian|title=Towards a transformative understanding of the ocean’s biological pump: Priorities for future research-Report on the NSF Biology of the Biological Pump Workshop.|url=http://www.us-ocb.org/publications/BioPump-Final.pdf|website=OCB: Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref> |
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Jelly-falls are marine carbon cycling events whereby gelatinous zooplankton sink to the seafloor and enhance carbon and nitrogen fluxes via rapidly sinking particulate organic matter.[1] These events provide nutrition to benthic megafauna and bacteria.[2][3] Jelly-falls have been implicated as a major “gelatinous pathway” for the sequestration of labile biogenic carbon through the biological pump.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions". Hydrobiologia. 690.1 (2012): 227-245.
- ^ "Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa)". Limnology and Oceanography. 54.4 (2009): 1197-1209.
- ^ "First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 58.12 (2011): 1206-1211.
- ^ Burd, Adrian. "Towards a transformative understanding of the ocean's biological pump: Priorities for future research-Report on the NSF Biology of the Biological Pump Workshop" (PDF). OCB: Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry. Retrieved 30 October 2016.