Organic matter assimilation and selective feeding by holothurians in the deep sea: some observations and comments

By M. Ginger, D. Billett, K. Mackenzie, Konstandinos Kiriakoulakis, R. R. Neto, Daniel K. Boardman, V. Santos, I. Horsfall, G. Wolff. 2001

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The exploration of marine biodiversity: scientific and technological challenges (2006, background): “Because the rapid sinking of this material prevents its complete utilisation by pelagic grazers, the arrival of this organic matter to the seafloor provides the abyssal communities with a seasonal input of high-quality food resource (Ginger et al. 2001; Billett et al. 2001).”
Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): a fatty-acid biomarker approach (2003, background): “In addition, changes in the quality of organic matter deposited on the seafloor may lead to large-scale ecosystem changes (Billett et al. 2001, Ginger et al. 2001).”
The deep-sea floor ecosystem: current status and prospects of anthropogenic change by the year 2025 (2003, background): “Stableisotope and sterol chemistry analyses suggest that all three of these species are primary consumers of freshly settled phytoplankton detritus (Ginger et al. 2001; Iken et al. 2001).”
Proximate composition and fatty acid profile of three different fresh and dried commercial sea cucumbers from Turkey (2011, background): “, 1989) or to individual or geographical variations (Chang-Lee et al., 1989; Ginger et al., 2001).”