Nutrients from decomposing organisms that would otherwise be available for food sink to the ocean floor when those organisms die and remain there, instead of being recycled into the water closer to the surface.
(organisms; would otherwise be; available for food) (Nutrients from decomposing organisms; sink; to the ocean floor; T:when those organisms die and remain there) (those organisms; die; ) (those organisms; remain; there)
organisms Nutrients from decomposing organisms those organisms those organisms
would otherwise be sink die remain
available for food
to the ocean floor T:when those organisms die and remain there
there