Yes, they perform cellular respiration but they do not photosynthesize
Detritivores, also known as detritophages or detritus feeders or detritus eaters or saprophages, are heterotrophsthat obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as organic fecal matter). By doing so, they contribute to decomposition and the nutrient cycles. They should be distinguished from other decomposers, such as many species of bacteria, fungi and protists, which are unable to ingest discrete lumps of matter, but instead live by and metabolizing on a molecular scale.
One role that detritus play in aquatic ecosystems is that it helps to break down the organic materials that are carried by rivers. Another role is that detritus is a filter of feeders in water and also are food sources for aquatic animals.
Detrivores are animals like earthworms. They chew dead organisms into simpler substances so decomposers like mushrooms can decompose the dead organisms at a faster rate. Decomposers give out carbon dioxide which is needed for plants to photosynthesise and make food. So by speeding the rate of decomposition, plants can live healthier.
Detritivores, Decomposers or saprotrophs(bacteria, fungi, and various types of worms) are organisms that feed on dead plants and animals and help recycle them by breaking them down into simpler molecules so that they can be absorbed by new plants.
Nothing. There is a misconception that there is an energetic cycle in an ecosystems but that is erroneous. There is a cycle in nitrogen and other nutrients that decomposers engender and, eventually, plants absorb but there is zero energy content in those as plants take 100 of the energy from the sun. The purport of decomposers is to return nutrients to the soil, not energy. Energy only flows in one direction in the biological world starting and getting dispersed out by the different biological organisms until is thoroughly lost to the entropy in the universe. A decomposer is yet another organism that consumes the energy amassed by the plants from the sun and disperses it out.
Another name for a detritovore is... 1) Detritophage 2) Detritus eaters 3) detritus feeders 4) saprophages 5) decomposers
When these detritus feeders take in detritus with micro-organisms multiplying on it, they mainly break down and absorb the micro-organisms, which are rich in proteins, and excrete the detritus, which is mostly complex carbohydrates, having hardly broken it down at all.Detritus feeders contribute to the carbon cycle through respiration by taking up carbon and converting some of it to CO2 which is to be used by plants to produce carbohydrates.
When these detritus feeders take in detritus with micro-organisms multiplying on it, they mainly break down and absorb the micro-organisms, which are rich in proteins, and excrete the detritus, which is mostly complex carbohydrates, having hardly broken it down at all.Detritus feeders contribute to the carbon cycle through respiration by taking up carbon and converting some of it to CO2 which is to be used by plants to produce carbohydrates.
When these detritus feeders take in detritus with micro-organisms multiplying on it, they mainly break down and absorb the micro-organisms, which are rich in proteins, and excrete the detritus, which is mostly complex carbohydrates, having hardly broken it down at all.Detritus feeders contribute to the carbon cycle through respiration by taking up carbon and converting some of it to CO2 which is to be used by plants to produce carbohydrates.
When these detritus feeders take in detritus with micro-organisms multiplying on it, they mainly break down and absorb the micro-organisms, which are rich in proteins, and excrete the detritus, which is mostly complex carbohydrates, having hardly broken it down at all.Detritus feeders contribute to the carbon cycle through respiration by taking up carbon and converting some of it to CO2 which is to be used by plants to produce carbohydrates.
detritus feeders can not be producers as they feed of the decaying dead living organisms
Detritus feeders feed on waste and/or dead bodies of other organisms.
The flesh of a dead animal is eaten away by carnivores and omnivores. When they are done, they leave a carcass of an animal. Then a group of insects come along called the Detritus Feeders. These included things like Worms, Maggots and slugs. These excrete the waste of the carcass that they are eating. Then the Decomposers arrive. The decomposers usually consist of bacteria and fungi. These guys eat EVERYTHING, including the Detritus Feeders, their waste and the remainders of the carcass.
Detritus feeders(a.k.a, sapraphages, or ditritivores) ehterotrophs that get nutrients by comsuming detritus**decomposing organic matter**Example___________EarthwormsWoodlice
When these detritus feeders take in detritus with micro-organisms multiplying on it, they mainly break down and absorb the micro-organisms, which are rich in proteins, and excrete the detritus, which is mostly complex carbohydrates, having hardly broken it down at all.Detritus feeders contribute to the carbon cycle through respiration by taking up carbon and converting some of it to CO2 which is to be used by plants to produce carbohydrates.
No, sea sponges are not decomposers. Sponges are filter feeders.
Any bottom feeders like sea urchins, sea stars, and mussles