Feeding Strategies Flashcards
1
Q
What are the different types of feeding in the ocean?
A
- Suspension
- Deposit feeding
- Scavenging.
2
Q
What organisms use suspension feeding?
A
- Clams
- Krill
- Jellyfish
- Sponges.
3
Q
What organisms use deposit feeding?
A
Sea cucumbers.
4
Q
What organisms use scavenging?
A
- Arrowtooth eel
- Portugese dogfish.
5
Q
Describe the different types of suspension feeding.
A
- Static: crinoid
- Mobile: basking shark (mega filterfeeders).
6
Q
Give an adaption of filter feeders.
A
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.
7
Q
How do scavengers forage for carcasses?
A
- Odour
- Long-range detection by olfaction
- Up-current swimming to source.
