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Other Techniques

Filter Feeders
Suspension Feeders: Distinguished from filter feeders because they actively capture food particles from the water with tentacles ^[1]
1. Corals
  - Supplements food derived from Zooxanthellae ^[2]
  - Usually at night^[3]
Planktivores - Eat plankton. Include fishes such as Blue Chromis, Brown Chromis, and Creole Wrasse ^[4]
1. - Physical Properties
    - tend to have small bodies that are streamlined and have forked tails to enhance propulsion ^[5]
    - catching tiny fragile plankton requires small mouth without strongly developed teeth but with jaws capable of rapid and extensive protrusion to snatch the prey^[6]
    - smaller species tend to have monochromatic coloring - makes it harder for predators to see them ^[7]
    - keen eyesight and binocular vision to pick out and catch plankton ^[8]
  - Behavioral Properties
    - Large species such as Whale Shark or Giant Manta swim through water column with open mouth to catch plankton. Don't need to worry about predators due to size ^[9]
    - Smaller species often found in schools if feeding off reef - subject to more predation ^[10]
    - some species feed off bottom of reef keep belly close to substrate ^[11]
      - Yellowhead Jawfish - inhabit sandy bottoms and near holes - will retreat into holes if threatened ^[12]
      - Fairy Basslets - remain close to reef and keep belly hovering just over substrate^[13]
    - Some species are nocturnal (Cardinalfishes, Squirrelfishes)
      - distinguished by large, sensitive eyes

Detritivores

Notes

[1] ttp://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders

[2] ttp://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders

[3] ttp://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders

[4] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[5] ttp://nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/reptiles-amphibians-fish/reef-life/session2/index.html

[6] ttp://nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/reptiles-amphibians-fish/reef-life/session2/index.html

[7] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[8] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[9] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[10] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[11] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[12] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

[13] ttp://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/

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-. Filter Feeders
+==Other Techniques==
+#Filter Feeders
+#Suspension Feeders: Distinguished from filter feeders because they ''actively'' capture food particles from the water with tentacles <ref>http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders</ref>
+##Corals
+##*Supplements food derived from Zooxanthellae <ref>http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders</ref>
+##*Usually at night<ref>http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/aquaculture-a-husbandry-4/filter-feeders</ref>
+#Planktivores - Eat plankton. Include fishes such as Blue Chromis, Brown Chromis, and Creole Wrasse <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##*Physical Properties
+##** tend to have small bodies that are streamlined and have forked tails to enhance propulsion <ref>http://nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/reptiles-amphibians-fish/reef-life/session2/index.html</ref>
+##**catching tiny fragile plankton requires small mouth without strongly developed teeth but with jaws capable of rapid and extensive protrusion to snatch the prey<ref>http://nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/reptiles-amphibians-fish/reef-life/session2/index.html</ref>
+##**smaller species tend to have monochromatic coloring - makes it harder for predators to see them <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##**keen eyesight and binocular vision to pick out and catch plankton <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##*Behavioral Properties
+##**Large species such as Whale Shark or Giant Manta swim through water column with open mouth to catch plankton. Don't need to worry about predators due to size <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##**Smaller species often found in schools if feeding off reef - subject to more predation <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##**some species feed off bottom of reef keep belly close to substrate <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##***Yellowhead Jawfish - inhabit sandy bottoms and near holes - will retreat into holes if threatened <ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##***Fairy Basslets - remain close to reef and keep belly hovering just over substrate<ref>http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151487/</ref>
+##**Some species are nocturnal (Cardinalfishes, Squirrelfishes)
+##***distinguished by large, sensitive eyes
-. Suspension Feeders
+#Detritivores
-.  Planktivores
+==Notes==
+<references />
-.  Detritivores