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- noun Plural form of
filter-feeder .
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As filter-feeders, they require no food inputs (the biggest challenge facing fish farmers) and produce minimal "outputs" (eg, surplus feed and effluent).
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At that time, if that's a starting point, rather than the middle of the 20th century, the decline of oysters, clams, the filter-feeders, the menhaden, the sponges and so on is huge.
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Applying dispersants at depth could kill fish larvae -- such as those from the imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna that use the Gulf of Mexico for spawning grounds -- and threaten filter-feeders, such as whale sharks, that pass through those waters.
Deep-sea chemical dispersants weighed for cleanup of Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010
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At that time, if that's a starting point, rather than the middle of the 20th century, the decline of oysters, clams, the filter-feeders, the menhaden, the sponges and so on is huge.
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At that time, if that's a starting point, rather than the middle of the 20th century, the decline of oysters, clams, the filter-feeders, the menhaden, the sponges and so on is huge.
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At that time, if that's a starting point, rather than the middle of the 20th century, the decline of oysters, clams, the filter-feeders, the menhaden, the sponges and so on is huge.
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That could kill off fish larvae -- such as those from the imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna that use the Gulf of Mexico for spawning grounds -- and threaten filter-feeders like whale sharks that pass through those waters.
Chemical dispersants an unknown quantity in addressing oil spill 2010
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Applying dispersants at depth could kill fish larvae -- such as those from the imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna that use the Gulf of Mexico for spawning grounds -- and threaten filter-feeders, such as whale sharks, that pass through those waters.
Deep-sea chemical dispersants weighed for cleanup of Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010
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At that time, if that's a starting point, rather than the middle of the 20th century, the decline of oysters, clams, the filter-feeders, the menhaden, the sponges and so on is huge.
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The reason is that filter-feeders are able to use phytoplankton production in a more efficient way than fishes.
Coastal lagoon 2007
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