New England Aquarium
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient tropical grounds like Hawaii and the Caribbean, according to a new study.
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