"food fall" meaning in English

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          "text": "Klages, Michael, Vopel, Kay, Bluhm, Hartmut, brey, Thomas, Soltwedel, Thomas, Arntz, Wolf E. (2001 April 2) “Deep-sea food falls: first observation of a natural event in the Arctic Ocean”, in Polar Biology, volume 24, →DOI, pages 292–295: “We report and discuss the first observation of the processing of a natural food fall of smaller size in the deep sea.”"
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        "An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor."
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        "(marine biology) An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor."
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        "(marine biology) An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor."
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