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Audit the abyss. Calculate the estimated biomass of bottom-dwelling organisms based on depth and the carbon flux raining down from the surface photic zone.
Life on the ocean floor depends on the "Marine Snow"—detritus falling from above. At 500 meters, only a fraction of surface production reaches the bottom, supporting a delicate biomass of 100.55 g C / m².