Fecal Pellets: Role in Sedimentation of Pelagic Diatoms
- 1 October 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4004) , 55-57
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4004.55
Abstract
Membrane-enclosed fecal pellets of planktonic herbivores were sampled at several depths in the Baltic Sea (459 meters deep) and off Portugal (4000 meters deep) by means of a Simonsen multinet. Pellets contained mainly empty shells of planktonic diatoms and silicoflagellates. Two kinds of fecal pellets were found, those with the remains of one species (for example, Thalassiosira baltica ) and those with the remains of several species (for example, Chaetoceros , Achnanthes , and Thalassiosira ). Siliceous skeletons were protected from dissolution during settling by a membrane around the pellet.Keywords
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