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9-Dec-2024
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and partners discover new ocean predator in the #AtacamaTrenchFour Dulcibella camanchaca individuals were collected at a depth of 7,902 meters
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#NewSpecies of ocean predator in the Atacama Trench
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ocean-predator-atacama-trench.html #DeepSeaA new large predator (#Amphipoda) hidden at hadal depths of the #AtacamaTrench: Johanna Weston et al. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430
"Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's #HadalZone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home... A new study highlights one of those species... This #crustacean is the first large, active predatory #amphipod from these extreme depths"
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The trenches that are the deepest part of the ocean are an important sink for organic matter. But how that organic matter gets there, and where it comes from, have been mysterious. A study in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences provides new insights in the cycling of carbon between the upper and deep ocean: http://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007401 #openaccess #AtacamaTrench