Food falls are important in large fish diets, though locally, e.g. close to canyons.
At the lower slope up to 70% of shark diets can locally be based on food falls.
Microplastics are found in fish guts down to 2251 m (in Cataetyx laticeps).
DNA techniques were valuable tools to identify food falls in deep sea fish.
Organic remains from human activity alter deep-sea food webs, e.g. in the Mediterranean.