biology, detritus (/dɪˈtraɪtəs/) or (/dɛˈtrɪtəs/) is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material. Detritus typically...

Look up detritus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Detritus is dead or waste organic material. Detritus may also refer to: Detritus (geology), the particles...

Detritus (/dəˈtraɪtəs/; adj. detrital /dəˈtraɪtəl/) is particles of rock derived from pre-existing rock through weathering and erosion. A fragment of detritus...

detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal...

and marine ecosystems. In freshwater aquaria they may be referred to as detritus worms. These worms can vary in size, from centimeters to millimeters, depending...

Detritus are an English thrash metal band formed in Bristol in 1989. The band consists of two current and former members of the British Christian metal...

The Namib Desert dune ant (Camponotus detritus), is a large ant species distinguished by white and black symmetrical stripes and markings on its hairy...

made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus (as an earthworm does) versus microscopic lysis of detritus (as a mushroom does). As matter decomposes...

Proprioseiopsis detritus is a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae. "Proprioseiopsis detritus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25. v t e...

Bassareus detritus is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. "Bassareus detritus Species Information"...

and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus (organic matter). The geological detritus originated from weathering and erosion...

Crayfish feed on animals and plants, either living or decomposing, and detritus. The term "crayfish" is applied to saltwater species in some countries...

taken from Asterix and Cleopatra, and the villain Lucius Detritus is based on Tullius Detritus, the main antagonist of Asterix and the Roman Agent (known...

forces behind their evolution. Land plants were so successful that their detritus caused an ecological crisis in the Late Devonian, until the evolution of...

is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal detritus at various stages of decomposition, cells and tissues of soil microbes...

are part of a detritus-based trophic system (a bird that feeds both on herbivorous grasshoppers and earthworms, which consume detritus). Real systems...

moths in the Tineidae, Gelechiidae, and Noctuidae, besides others, feed on detritus, or dead organic material, such as fallen leaves and fruit, fungi, and...

detritus. In stream communities, few groups of animals became extinct. Stream communities rely less on food from living plants and more on detritus that...

there are no promontories other than reefs and islets composed of reef detritus" or "in an exclusively morphological sense, [as] a ring-shaped ribbon reef...

production of sponge detritus, as shown in the diagram. Several sponge species are able to convert coral-derived DOM into sponge detritus, and transfer organic...

with its own fertilizer. Organisms that subsist on dead organic matter or detritus are known as detritivores, and play an important role in ecosystems by...

Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus. Members of the Branchiopoda are unified by the presence of gills on many...

This lack of features is an adaptation to food such as carrion, decaying detritus, or host tissues surrounding endoparasites. Nematoceran larvae generally...

landing, into an area of accumulated leaf debris, moss and other plant detritus in the crook of a larger tree or plant. From there, it sprouts new growth...

least one and sometimes two pointed ends to insert between teeth to remove detritus, usually after a meal. Toothpicks are also used for festive occasions to...

group considered. Marine gastropods include some that are herbivores, detritus feeders, predatory carnivores, scavengers, parasites, and also a few ciliary...

scientist Daniel Pauly sets the values of trophic levels to one in plants and detritus, two in herbivores and detritivores (primary consumers), three in secondary...

equipped with labial palps (two on each side of the mouth) to collect the detritus from its mucus. The cephalic molluscs have two pairs of main nerve cords...

printmaker uses a bird feather or similar item to wave away bubbles and detritus produced by the dissolving process, from the surface of the plate, or the...

food, including molluscs, worms, other crustaceans, fungi, bacteria, and detritus, depending on their availability and the crab species. For many crabs,...