Deep-Sea Sediment with Sea Cucumbers and Algal Detritus (IMAGE)

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Deep-Sea Sediment with Sea Cucumbers and Algal Detritus

Caption

Sea cucumbers at Station M feed on dead algae (brown material on gray deep-sea mud) that sank from the sunlit surface waters after a massive algal bloom.

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(c) 2012 MBARI

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