The taphonomy of giants: whale-falls and the bioerosion of whale skeletons
In the last two decades a series of chance discoveries and dedicated research programmes have produced a wealth of data on the post-mortem fate of whale carcasses. Biological taphonomic processes at whale skeletons on the seafloor are driven by chemical energy in the form of abundant lipid reserves...
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University of Leeds
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.581879 |