Detrivore

Detrivore

Any organism which obtains most of its nutrients from the detritus in an ecosystem.

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detrivore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An animal that eats detritus.

detrivore

Biology; Marine biology

An organism that feeds on large bits of dead and decaying organic matter. What detrivores leave behind is used by decomposers. Crabs and seabirds are examples of detrivores.

detrivore

Biology; Ecology

Any organism which obtains most of its nutrients from the detritus in an ecosystem.

detrivore

Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

Any organism which obtains most of its nutrients from the detritus in an Ecosystem.

ecosystem

Biology; Ecology

A biotic system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms in a particular area with their environments, is named as ecosystem.

climax

Biology; Ecology

The steady, end stage in ecological evolution of a variety of plant and animal species is termed as climax.

ground water

Biology; Ecology

Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s ...

manure

Biology; Ecology

Animal wastes that are added to soil as a fertilizer. Manure is usually made from the wastes of horse, cow, and chicken.

ecology

Biology; Ecology

The scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments is called ecology.

habitat

Biology; Ecology

An organism's native environment.

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