Download "Mechanisms of Vertical Transport of Organic Matter in the Ocean : The Role of Fecal Grains in Vertical Transport (MATSUEDA & HANDA, 1984)"

The shape and composition of organic particles collected in a sediment trap placed in the deep ocean were investigated, and they were assumed to be the feces of the large zooplankton, Salpa. Hydrocarbon composition was explored as an indicator substance for the fecal particles. This is a scatology paper.