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suspension feeder

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suspension feeder [sə′spen·shən ¦fēd·ər]
(zoology)
An animal that feeds on small particles suspended in water; particles may be minute living plants or animals, or products of excretion or decay from these or larger organisms.
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In this case the AUV imagery revealed a hitherto unknown community of large suspension feeders likely to have a major ecological role in regulating planktonic production.
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Functionally, it is a suspension feeder with the ability to alter its environment when in high densities (Cohen et al.
Testing the accuracy of morphological identification of northern ... by Perino, Laurie L.; Padilla, Dianna K.; Doall, Michael H. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Suspension feeders are also negatively affected due to their higher sensitivity to the decomposition products of oil together with the effect of clogging of their filtration system by oil particles (Tedengren & Kautsky, 1987; Berge, 1990; Kiorboe & Mohlenberg, 1981).
Sensitivity of benthic vegetation and invertebrate functional guilds ... by Kotta, Jonne; Martin, Georg; Aps, Robert / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
 
 
 
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