▁large ▁wh ales , ▁reducing ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁wh ale ▁falls . ▁The ▁effects ▁of ▁this ▁on ▁b enth ic ▁wh ale ▁fall ▁community ▁ass embl ages ▁is ▁not ▁well ▁understood . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁removal ▁of ▁large ▁wh ales ▁might ▁have ▁reduced ▁the ▁total ▁bi om ass ▁of ▁the ▁deep ▁sea ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 %. ▁Wh ales ▁stored ▁massive ▁amounts ▁of ▁carbon ▁that ▁were ▁export ed ▁to ▁the ▁deep ▁sea ▁during ▁wh ale ▁fall ▁events . ▁Wh aling ▁has ▁thus ▁also ▁reduced ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁the ▁deep ▁sea ▁to ▁se quest er ▁carbon . ▁Car bon ▁can ▁be ▁se quest ered ▁for ▁hundreds ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁deep ▁sea , ▁supporting ▁b enth ic ▁communities . ▁It ▁is ▁estimated ▁that , ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁carbon ▁se quest r ation , ▁each ▁wh ale ▁is ▁equivalent ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁trees . ▁ ▁Con tr ast ▁with ▁other ▁large ▁food - falls ▁ ▁There ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁studies ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁car c ass es ▁of ▁other , ▁non - m amm al ian ▁marine ▁verte br ates ▁that ▁have ▁fallen ▁to ▁the ▁deep ▁sea . ▁In ▁particular , ▁the ▁chance ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁wh ale ▁sh ark ▁car c ass ▁and ▁three ▁mob ul id ▁ray ▁car c ass es ▁led ▁to ▁observations ▁on ▁the ▁communities ▁that ▁form ▁surrounding ▁large ▁el asm ob ranch ▁falls ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁wh ale ▁falls . ▁Wh ale ▁sh arks ▁inhab it ▁waters ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 1 ,