Assertion: krill | /r/CapableOf | feed on phytoplankton
Facets:
value: in the arctic
type: LOCATION
value: to nanno-plankton
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by filter
type: MANNER
value: preferentially
type: MANNER
value: from large diatoms
type: LOCATION
value: to a lesser extent
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Krill feed on phytoplankton, microscopic, single-celled plants that drift near the ocean’s surface and live off carbon dioxide and the sun’s rays.
text: Once they develop a mouth and digestive system, krill eat phytoplankton, which is found in the photic zone of the ocean (the top, where there is light).
text: Krill eat the phytoplankton, and apart from some zooplankton and bottom-dwelling creatures, that's basically the summary of herbivorous Antarctic creatures; everything else is a predator.
text: Zooplankton, to which krill belong, eat either phytoplankton or smaller zooplankton.
text: Krill are amongst the largest and most ecologically important zooplankton and they feed on phytoplankton.
text: They feed on phytoplankton and (to a lesser extent) zooplankton, yet also are the main source of food for many larger animals.
text: They feed on phytoplankton and to a lesser extent zooplankton.
text: Krill themselves feed on phytoplankton and often aggregate in swarms of millions or even billions.
text: They feed on phytoplankton and to a lesser extent zooplankton.
text: Krill themselves feed on phytoplankton and often aggregate in swarms of millions or even billions.
text: This may be due to the fact that krill feeds only on phytoplankton that does not contain mercury.
text: Krill feed preferentially on phytoplankton from large diatoms to nanno-plankton.
text: Being at the bottom of the food chain, krill feeds on phytoplankton and not other marine animals or fishes that must have been accumulating mercury.
text: Krill feed primarily on phytoplankton.
text: Krill feed on phytoplankton, microscopic, single-celled plants that drift near the ocean’s surface and live off carbon dioxide and the sun’s rays.
text: They feed on phytoplankton and, because they are the primary food staple for hundreds of fish, birds and whales, they are absolutely vital for sea life.
text: Krill feed on phytoplankton, microscopic, single-celled plants that drift near the ocean’s surface and live off carbon dioxide and the sun’s rays.
text: Krill are tiny crustaceans that feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton.
text: Krill feed on phytoplankton by filter feeding at the surface where the phytoplankton are found, but this puts them at danger from predation.
text: They eat phytoplankton and they are caught mostly because they are widely used as a food source, for human and animal consumption and for aquaculture and as bait for fishing.
text: In the Arctic, they eat phytoplankton and are in turn eaten by fish, birds, seals, and even carnivorous plankton.
text: Krill eat the phytoplankton, and apart from some zooplankton and bottom-dwelling creatures, that's basically the summary of herbivorous Antarctic creatures; everything else is a predator.
text: Then the krill eat the phytoplankton or other organisms that have consumed phytoplankton.