foodfall

English

Noun

foodfall (plural foodfalls)

  1. Alternative form of food fall
    • Griffiths, Huw J.; Whittle, Rowan J.; Roberts, Stephen J.; Belchier, Mark; Linse, Katrin (July 2013), “Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?”, in PLoS One, volume 8, issue 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, July 2019, 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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