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FILTER FEEDING [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Biology
  • Marine Biology
PHR

filter-feeding mollusc, filter-feeding shellfish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Biologie animale
  • Biologie marine
CONT

Pour se nourrir, les coquillages filtreurs pompent l'eau de mer qui les environne (création d'un courant d'eau dans la cavité palléale) afin de capter les particules nécessaires à leur alimentation par filtration.

PHR

coquillage filtreur, mollusque filtreur

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Animal Biology
  • Marine Biology
DEF

... a form of food procurement in which food particles or small organisms are randomly strained from water.

Key term(s)
  • filterfeeding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Biologie animale
  • Biologie marine
DEF

[...] mode d'alimentation qui consiste à extraire des particules nutritives en suspension dans le milieu aquatique.

Spanish

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