170k views
1 vote
How does a whale-fall community affect ocean sediment?

User Stolho
by
6.3k points

2 Answers

2 votes

Answer:

it think the answer is D

Step-by-step explanation:

The bacteria that are attracted break down the sediment nearby.

User PerroVerd
by
7.1k points
5 votes
When a whale dies, it falls to the ocean floor. Its dead body is known as whale-fall. This whale-fall provides nutrients for whale-fall community, which includes bacteria, crabs, worms and other invertebrates. Organic fragments from the whale-fall enrich the sediments nearby. Enrichment opportunists colonize the whalebone and surrounding sediment in order to feed on this organic fragments.
User Sam Jarman
by
6.9k points