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Scientists make stunning discovery after examining microscopic animal droppings: 'They are hundreds of meters below the surface'
That's because microscopic zooplankton eat these flocs — a combination of the carbon and clay, which is turned into balls by a bacteria-produced glue — and then deposit them deep in the ocean ...
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Understanding the Structure-Function Relationships of Aquatic Sediment Flocs
Flocs influence a wide array of environmental phenomena, from the transport and fate of sediments, contaminants and biological matter within rivers and estuaries, to the effective removal of ...