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marine snow: a standalone construct

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Biological oceanography

macroscopic aggregates of detritus, cells and mucus larger than half a millimetre that sink and carry organic matter to depth.

In biological oceanography, marine snow refers to macroscopic aggregates of detritus, cells and mucus larger than half a millimetre that sink and carry organic matter to depth. This meaning comes from Alldredge (1988) in Progress in Oceanography.[1]

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References

Alldredge, A. L., & Silver, M. W. (1988). Characteristics, dynamics and significance of marine snow. Progress in Oceanography, 20(1), 41-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/0079-6611(88)90053-5

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