In time, the decay of dead organisms falling to the bottom even depleted the oxygen there.
They rely on both live food caught by themselves and dead organisms which they scavenge.
At other times, the current both diluted the plume and swept any dead organisms away.
The common brittle star is a scavenger, feeding on dead organisms.
Organic material is in nature formed from dead organisms, mostly plants.
Without these, dead organisms would remain as they died, sterile.
There have been some scientific attempts to bring dead organisms back to life, but with limited success.
The soft parts of a dead organism are replaced by calcium phosphate.
A fossil is the mineralized remains of a dead organism.
Ellert's body already had the look of a dead organism.