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how does the activity if detrivores might speed up the breakdown of dead organic matter by decomposers???

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2007-10-04 18:42:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anne-Ice♥cream 2 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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Detritivores eat dead organic matter, like dead leaves, with their mouths and digest it in their digestive systems. An earthworm is an example of a detritivore.

Decomposers break down dead organic matter with enzymes they secrete; then they absorb the digested molecules.

When a detritivore eats, there is still undigested food in the waste from that animal. Still, the undigested food has been worked on a little. That makes it quicker for the decomposers to work on.

2007-10-04 20:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1 0

firstly........i dun really understand ur qn.....but still CHEER UP !!!

i think this is what u mean...............

Detritivores, or decomposers: heterotrophs that get energy from detritus (nonliving organic material); important in nutrient cycling.

Decomposition connects all trophic levels. Detritivores form a major link between the primary producers and the consumers in an ecosystem. An ecosystem’s main decomposers are fungi and prokaryotes, which secrete enzymes that digest organic material and then absorb the breakdown products

soo.............(1 word summary)
Decomposers, which includes fungi and bacteria, obtain their energy by breaking down the remains or products of organisms

Detritivores are decomposers which eat detritus - organic wastes and dead organisms

2007-10-04 20:39:01 · answer #2 · answered by flowergal001 2 · 1 0

for the reason that they function in any respect trophic levels, they even have not got their own point; some pyramids depict them as a separate column alongside with each point. regularly, detritivores and decomposers are considered the same, nonetheless detritivores are generally larger organisms and feed on "rubbish," on the same time as decomposers feed on lifeless organisms...

2016-12-17 17:39:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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