Marine snow
shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column
Marine snow is a shower of detritus in the deep sea.
Composition
changeIt is made up of biotic material, including dead animals, dung, protists, and other matter.
References
change- Ivancic I, Paliaga P, Pfannkuchen M, Djakovac T, Najdek M, Steiner P, Korlevic M, Markovski M, Baricevic A, Tankovic MS, Herndl GJ (December 2018). "Seasonal variations in extracellular enzymatic activity in marine snow-associated microbial communities and their impact on the surrounding water". FEMS Microbiology Ecology.