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Which one of the following is called marine snowfall?
Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)
In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column.
It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the aphotic zone below. The term was first coined by the explorer William Beebe as he observed it from his bathysphere.
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Answer: (a)
In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column.
It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the aphotic zone below. The term was first coined by the explorer William Beebe as he observed it from his bathysphere.
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