| 单词 | detritus-feeding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdetritus-feeding 4. spec. in Ecology. Non-living organic material, esp. as a source of nourishment. Frequently attributive, esp. in detritus-feeding. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun] > non-living organic material as source of food detritus1925 the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > on non-living organic matter detritivorous1931 detritus-feeding1959 1925 O. D. Hunt in Jrnl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 13 567 Those which feed by selecting from the surrounding water the suspended micro-organisms and detritus,..for want of a better term, may be termed Suspension-feeders. 1949 New Biol. 6 17 The appearance of reeds..leads to large increases in the numbers of algæ and in the amount of organic detritus. 1959 New Biol. 29 99 Others have used tubs containing water in which algae and small herbivorous and detritus-feeding animals succeeded one another. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xv. 481 (caption) The sea cucumbers feed on detritus suspended in the water. 1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 6/1 Nymphs mostly live in or among the silt and bottom detritus. < as lemmas |
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