What is Filter feeder?
[[Image:Filterkrillkils2.gif|thumb|upright|Krill feeding on [[phytoplankton]].]] '''Filter feeders''' are animals that feed on [[matter]] and food particles from [[water]]. Some animals that do this are [[clam]]s, [[krill]], [[sponge]]s, [[baleen whale]]s and many fish such as [[shark]]s. Some birds such as [[flamingos]] are also filter feeders. Filter feeders can help clear water. ==Books== * {{cite journal | last1 = Bullivant | first1 = JS | year = 1968 | title = A Revised Classification of Suspension Feeders | url = http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio16Tuat02-t1-body-d6.html | journal = Tuatara | volume = 16 | issue = 2| pages = 151–160 }} * Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542, No. 1. P. 275 – 286 ==Other websites== *[http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/filter/index.htm Filter feeder of krill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020501120429/http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/filter/index.htm |date=2002-05-01 }} {{biology-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Filter Feeder}} [[Category:Animals by eating behaviors]]