Particulate Organic Matter

question 11

Multiple Choice

Particulate organic matter

• A) Is deposited on the deep-sea floor in a very irregular way, causing patchiness in food supply
• B) Reaches the deep-sea floor but is always too refractory to be of importance to the benthos
• C) Never reaches the deep-sea floor
• D) Arrives on the deep-sea floor continuously through the year as a drizzle of food supply for the deep-sea benthos

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