Multiple Choice
The major advantage that deep-sea benthic animals have over pelagic ones is that their food:
A) Is easier to digest.
B) Falls to the bottom and stays in one place,thus being available for a longer time.
C) Gets to be eaten before it gets to pelagic animals.
D) Gets decayed at much faster rates by chemosynthetic bacteria.
E) Produces less detritus.
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