Sentences with phrase «feed on algae»

The toxins end up in filter feeders, such as shellfish, which draw algae out of the water, and in the stomachs of zooplankton and other small animals that feed on algae.

The krill feed on an algae called phytoplankton that grows on the underside of sea ice.

They prefer to feed on algae that might be growing — unwanted, of course — on plant leaves.

Shrimp that live in bacteria - rich water take on a reddish - brown color from their diet, while shrimp that feed on algae have a green cast.

When salmon feed on algae, the algae release astaxanthin, a red carotenoid that actually turns the salmon pink.

Especially when they are young, krill feed on algae that live on the underside of sea ice.

Alternatively, by allowing it to feed on algae as well as rubbish on the seabed, it could be a way to take in a range of nutrients.

Perhaps, says Hayward, bryozoan larvae feed on algae that grow on the underside of sea ice; then they might accidentally surface when the ice breaks up in summer, before sinking to the bottom for good.

Further sleuthing revealed Pseudo-nitzschia australis remains and domoic acid in the bay's anchovies, which feed on algae by filtering water through their gills.

Then it feeds on algae and takes in chloroplasts.

«When we find the fatty acids from the ice algae in the meat or tissues of a fish, it tells us the fish or its prey must have fed on the algae,» says Kohlbach.

It feeds on algae and the blades of Thalassia.

It does not matter if it is high tide, low tide, daylight or dark these crabs are at work feeding on algae.

During low tide, we may see marine iguanas feeding on algae.

One important factor in their survival is the existence of sea ice, which they use for shelter and feeding on algae.

Not exact matches

A virulent algae bloom feeding on agricultural nutrients has transformed the water, yet again, into something green and oozing.

As in the wild, farmed shellfish (oysters, mussels, abalone) feed on plankton and / or algae and do not require fish meal in their diets.

The 100 % Irish chicken is fed on a diet that includes Omega 3 rich algae and has the same great taste of Irish chicken.

The fossil record showed that before the ice emerged, some dinoflagellates produced their own energy via photosynthesis; others fed on photosynthesising algae.

Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now thought to be aided by the production of toxins.

Crawling about on the sea floor, they feed off dead algae and other detritus that falls from above.

Ironically, nanochloropsis is an industrial algae strain typically grown for feeding rotifers on fish farms.

Quagga and zebra mussels shun toxin - producing Microcystis cyanobacteria and feed instead on other species of phytoplankton at the base of the lake's food chain, including algae.

They include kelp flies, which feast on decaying algae, and other insects which feed on washed - up carcasses of fish, marine mammals and seabirds.

During their journey, the young polar cod feed on amphipod crustaceans, which in turn feed on ice algae.

The key ingredient turned out to be chemicals called terpenes, which some algae use to sicken fish that feed on them.

In the food web, certain fatty acids are passed on unchanged from the algae to the animals that feed on them.

Masagounder records the calories in the dried algae that he feeds to his captive carp, and then he tracks the weight of the fish, which depends as well on the temperatures maintained in the tanks.

Sea cucumbers at Station M feed on dead algae (brown material on gray deep - sea mud) that sank from the sunlit surface waters after a massive algal bloom.

Whale shark diets vary both seasonally and geographically, but they are thought to feed mainly on zooplankton as well as algae, small fishes, fish eggs, and cephalopods.

Depending on the species, cichlids may scrape algae from rocks, feed on plankton, crack open snail shells, forage for insect larvae, or prey on other fish, including their eggs or scales.

Most of the time, the Pfiesteria dinoflagellate is a nontoxic predator that feeds on small organisms such as algae, bacteria, and small animals.

The steep cavern walls shield the water from the sun for much of the year, which limits the growth of algae the native pupfish feed on and hide in to avoid predators.

Though the species spends a lot of its time feeding and spawning on an algae - covered rock shelf right at the surface, divers must descend more than 100 feet in two - person teams to count the farthest - flung fish using a standardized search pattern that has been in use since the 1970s.

Among these soil dwellers are bacteria, fungi, and algae, which feed on plant and animal remains breaking them down into humus, the organic component of soil, in the process.

Farmed fish raised on grain - based diets and vegetable oils, as opposed to algae, have less of the good fats and more of the bad saturated fat — much like grain - fed livestock.

Wild salmon naturally feed on red algae and accumulate astaxanthin within their muscle tissue giving them their characteristic pinkish - red color.

On the other hand, the risk is almost non-existent in eggs from hens living on pasture, soaking up sunshine and feeding on nourishing foods, such as insects, flax, alfalfa and algae.On the other hand, the risk is almost non-existent in eggs from hens living on pasture, soaking up sunshine and feeding on nourishing foods, such as insects, flax, alfalfa and algae.on pasture, soaking up sunshine and feeding on nourishing foods, such as insects, flax, alfalfa and algae.on nourishing foods, such as insects, flax, alfalfa and algae.16

Fact is, toxicological studies of the effects of algae (primarily spirulina) consumption on humans and animals, including feeding as much as 800mg / kg, and replacing up to 60 % of protein intake with algae sources, have shown no toxic effects, and in contrast, algae intake has actually been found to prevent damage caused by toxins that affect the heart, liver, kidneys, neurons, eyes, ovaries, DNA, and testicles.

The body of evidence supports that — for those of us without the time and space to run down wild game, raise free - range livestock genetically unaltered since the dawn of modernity on those animals» evolved diets, or fish in unpolluted waters — a plant - based diet with proper B12 and algae - derived long - chain fatty acid supplementation is our best bet for meeting our evolved dietary needs in today's world, where there is limited farmland, dwindling wildlife, and 6.5 billion people to feed.

The plants on the shoreline grew and died and decomposed, which nourished the algae, whose cells divided and fed the mayflies and waterskippers.

The majority of these fish are vegetarians, feeding primarily on algae encrusted on the rocks.

Some graze the rocks for algae, while others feed on settled debris.

At low tide, catch a glimpse of marine iguanas as they feed on exposed green algae.

Solar powered nudibranch feed on soft corals and they are able to remove the algae intact from the coral's tissues and store it in their cerata.

Apparently, there is no downside to this scenario as the algae feed on carbon dioxide, are composed of > 50 % lipids and can grow quite nicely in «waste» land i.e. the New Mexico desert.

And it Doesn't include the production of algae and duckweed, which is currently at 6,000 gallons per acre per year, for oil and ethanol respectively, plus co-product biomass that can go to feed or fuel depending on demand.

Sea ice is also crucial to Arctic ecosystems, supporting nutritious algae that other organisms feed on, he said.

Menhaden filter - feed nearly exclusively on algae, the most abundant forage in the world, and are prolifically good at converting that algae into omega - 3 fatty acids and other important proteins and oils.

Loladze first realized there was something odd going on in 1998, when a lab experiment found that using light to grow additional quantities of algae to feed zooplankton did not result in the zooplankton's growth.