marine or refractory terrigenous material) is crucial for deep-sea organisms. Two major processes are responsible for food supply to deep-sea benthos: export from the photic zone and lateral advection in [...] g m -2 , whereas the flux of total matter varies from 13 - 32 g m -2 , seemingly influenced by the ice condition in the region. To track possible sources of laterally advected organic and inorganic matter [...] export of particulate matter from upper waters to the seafloor in the deep eastern Fram Strait. Deep-Sea Research I 114: 78-89. Nöthig, E.-M., Bracher, A., Engel, A., Metfies, K., Niehoff, B., Peeken, I.