Marine snow rains organic debris that feeds abyssal scavengers
Dead plankton, fecal pellets, and mucus aggregates drift downward as marine snow — a continuous slow blizzard of organic particles through the water column.
Abyssal communities depend on that rain because sunlight never reaches them; seasons and surface blooms dictate how much food arrives months later.
The deep ocean’s harvest falls from above. Marine snow turns distant surface photosynthesis into dinner for animals that will never see the sun.
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