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- Calming coastal waters: red mangrove
- Elaborate stigmas capture pollen grains: grasses
- Tongue gathers nectar and pollen: fruit bats
- Bristles and barbs capture minute foods: Calanoid copepods
- Kidneys filter impurities: human
- Hair-like structures filter fine materials: fiddler crab
- Proteins limit nanoparticle dispersal: sulfate-reducing bacteria
- Appendages used for movement and filtering: Daphnia
- Tube feet assist locomotion, feeding: lined sea star
- Mouth sorts and grinds food: platypus
- Fins taste by touch: gurnards
- Orchids capture pollen: bucket orchids
- Wingbeat vibrations cause pollen release: carpenter bee
- Foraging aids revegetation: greater bilby
- Tentacles help filter food: burrowing sea cucumber
- Vegetation captures nutrients: hedgerows
- Microbes aggregate sediment: blue-green algae
- Limited nutrients recycled: benthic communities
- Mucus filters trap particles smaller than mesh size: Pegea confoederata salp
