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  • Thumbnail for Detritus
    biology, detritus (/dɪˈtraɪtəs/ or /dɛˈtrɪtəs/) is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material. Detritus typically...
    14 KB (1,987 words) - 04:59, 1 July 2024
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    Hemming, Sidney R. (2004). "Heinrich events: Massive late Pleistocene detritus layers of the North Atlantic and their global climate imprint". Reviews of...
    39 KB (4,071 words) - 12:40, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sedimentary rock
    and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus (organic matter). The geological detritus originated from weathering and erosion...
    63 KB (7,683 words) - 08:39, 25 June 2024
  • Pelagic zone (redirect from Aquatic layer)
    organisms, such as anglerfish. No plants live here. Most animals survive on detritus known as "marine snow" falling from the zones above or, like the marine...
    14 KB (1,451 words) - 18:48, 9 July 2024
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    Sidney R. (March 2004). "Heinrich events: Massive late Pleistocene detritus layers of the North Atlantic and their global climate imprint: HEINRICH EVENTS"...
    7 KB (732 words) - 12:29, 26 June 2024
  • The benthic boundary layer (BBL) is the layer of water directly above the sediment at the bottom of a body of water (river, lake, or sea, etc.). Through...
    15 KB (1,895 words) - 07:23, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Invasive earthworms of North America
    glaciation scoured much of the continent down to the bedrock. A deep detritus layer is thus characteristic of the native ecosystem of the region, and many...
    24 KB (3,155 words) - 10:07, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plant litter
    ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent nutrients are added to the top layer of soil, commonly known as the litter layer or O horizon...
    30 KB (3,626 words) - 04:08, 3 December 2023
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    Deep sea (redirect from Deep layer)
    zone. The sinking organic material is composed of algal particulates, detritus, and other forms of biological waste, which is collectively referred to...
    34 KB (4,060 words) - 15:16, 13 July 2024
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    production of sponge detritus, as shown in the diagram. Several sponge species are able to convert coral-derived DOM into sponge detritus, and transfer organic...
    128 KB (13,074 words) - 00:37, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red garra
    individuals can reach as much as 24 cm (9.5 in). In the wild, Garra rufa feed on detritus, algae and tiny animals (arthropods and other zooplankton). Since the early...
    13 KB (1,264 words) - 00:38, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Provenance (geology)
    can be the source of detritus. Rocks are transported downstream from higher elevation to lower elevation. Source rocks and detritus are transported by gravity...
    53 KB (6,096 words) - 16:00, 24 May 2024
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    mammals and birds fed on insects, worms, and snails, which in turn fed on detritus (dead plant and animal matter). In stream communities and lake ecosystems...
    170 KB (18,690 words) - 10:40, 21 July 2024
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    the heads to scratch through to the magnetic storage layer. A tiny particle of dirt or other detritus, excessive shock or vibration (such as accidentally...
    5 KB (651 words) - 04:44, 31 May 2024
  • Hemming, Sidney R. (2004). "Heinrich events: Massive late Pleistocene detritus layers of the North Atlantic and their global climate imprint". Reviews of...
    12 KB (1,121 words) - 02:28, 28 November 2023
  • The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean. The word abyss comes from the Greek word ἄβυσσος (ábussos), meaning...
    18 KB (2,292 words) - 01:00, 23 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Benthic zone
    attached to the bottom. The benthic boundary layer, which includes the bottom layer of water and the uppermost layer of sediment directly influenced by the...
    20 KB (2,466 words) - 17:03, 1 June 2024
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    five-sixths of their shell with laminae, angled layers composed of grains of quartz or calcium carbonate detritus from the environment cemented together, with...
    5 KB (589 words) - 09:23, 22 March 2024
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    break through these protective layers, accelerate the rate of microbial decomposition.: 184  Animals fragment detritus as they hunt for food, as does...
    63 KB (6,905 words) - 18:22, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine snow
    "ocean dandruff") is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting...
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