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Minute, free-floating aquatic plants. [image] |
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Microscopic animals which move passively in aquatic ecosystems. [image] |
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Any animal which eats the flesh of other animals. Within a pyramid of numbers, top carnivores are usually the least numerous, largest, and most complex animals, and are at the top of the pyramid. |
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Animal that eats both plant and animal matter. Most omnivorous species do not have highly specialized food-processing structures or food-gathering behaviour. [image] |
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An animal that feeds chiefly on plants. [image] |
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Detritivores (also known as detrivores or detritus feeders) are animals that consume detritus (decomposing organic material), and in doing so contribute to decomposition and the recycling of nutrients. [image] |
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An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem. [image] |
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A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism. [image] |
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An animal that eats grass and other green plants in a food chain; a herbivore. [image] |
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A predator is an animal that hunts and kills other organisms, usually for food. [image] |
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An animal hunted or caught for food; quarry. [image] |
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