Feeding Strategies Flashcards

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What are the different types of feeding in the ocean?

A
  • Suspension
  • Deposit feeding
  • Scavenging.
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What organisms use suspension feeding?

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  • Clams
  • Krill
  • Jellyfish
  • Sponges.
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What organisms use deposit feeding?

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Sea cucumbers.

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What organisms use scavenging?

A
  • Arrowtooth eel

- Portugese dogfish.

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Describe the different types of suspension feeding.

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  • Static: crinoid

- Mobile: basking shark (mega filterfeeders).

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Give an adaption of filter feeders.

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Gill rakers - using in RAM feeding by basking sharks. They swim with their mouth of an it moves particles away from gill filaments into oesophagous.

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How do scavengers forage for carcasses?

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  • Odour
  • Long-range detection by olfaction
  • Up-current swimming to source.
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