… large whale carcasses eg [27], [36]. Here we report the on chance discovery of several large
‘fish-falls’ … We describe the associated fauna and discuss the role of these large food-falls on …

… This study shows that large organic falls reaching the sea floor are rapidly dispersed at …
of scavengers and prevailing food availability. The range of these demersal fish on a basin-wide …

… improve our understanding of the ecology of deep-sea fish. … to affect the behaviour of fish
around bait or natural food falls in order to … fish density causing large differences in arrival time. …

… Abstract--The role of large food falls in the ecology of deep-sea benthos has been the topic
of much speculation and little direct study. The submersible Alvin and free vehicles were …

… ing amphipods attracted to food falls in the deep sea is the cosmopolitan lysianassoid …
of any food fall is unpredictable both in space and in time. Food falls are extremely large local …

… An important difference in this study is the large proportion of small fish that were present
and the absence of any fish >75 cm total length (Fig. 6). The mean total length of 54.3 cm SD …

… Map of the study area and sampling distributions of species, also indicating location of
main food falls in the diets of large fish in the Balearic Basin. (●) natural (animal) …

… mass over time, whereas larger fish tend to grow more in terms of absolute mass over time.
… that competition for these limited resources does not fall equally on all individuals. Relatively …

… of large food-falls on the sea floor at depths of 1500-4800m over periods ranging from 24h
to 1 month and to be able to retrieve those food-falls at … The LAFF (Large Abyssal Food Fall) …

… of hydroacoustic stimuli for food fall detection has been … noises may be helpful in detecting
food fall events but only in the … , occurring in large numbers at food falls and implying higher …