shredder

Spanish translation: perfador

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English term or phrase:shredder (biology/ fisheries)
Spanish translation:perfador
Entered by: AmigadeVencejos

23:14 Oct 28, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Fisheries / salmonids
English term or phrase: shredder
for a high school glossary of terms related to salmon.
US high school students
I'm looking for a translation and a definition if possible, in Spanish
AmigadeVencejos
United States
picadora
Explanation:
Máquina que sirve para picar (desmenuzar, despedazar), en este caso la carne del salmón.
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Oliver Romero
Spain
Local time: 13:36
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3picadora
Oliver Romero
2perforador
Taña Dalglish
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Refs.
Taña Dalglish

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picadora


Explanation:
Máquina que sirve para picar (desmenuzar, despedazar), en este caso la carne del salmón.

Oliver Romero
Spain
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Asker: shredder >perfador grazer/scraper > fragmentador (tal vez; no estoy segura)


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neutral  Taña Dalglish: Do high schools would have a machine to chop/shred salmon? (Context received: "high school glossary of terms related to salmon", high school students)/I'll post another comment in discussion box, as the Asker is not responding to our queries!
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  -> Honestly I've never encountered such a thing as "shred" salmon. To my knowledge it's commonly served in steak form. I have proposed a rather "standard" translation of the term. It could be used for any kind of meat. Thank you for your message.
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perforador


Explanation:
See reference comment for full details.

Suggested translation to Spanish: perforadores.

Shredders: Shredders are organisms that cut or chew pieces of living or dead plant material, including all plant parts like leaves and wood.

Perforador appears to match your requirement "organisms that feed off of course particulate organic material such as leaves". However, I am not sure hat you mean by two shredder?


Alternative uses of the term “Shredder” - According to our definition, an organism can be considered a shredder if it cuts or breaks plant tissue particles while feeding.


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Your other queries will have to be addressed in other questions. You should not use the same query to ask other questions as it interferes with the production of the glossary.
- But I also need a definition for SCRAPER/ GRAZER = organisms that remove and eat algae growing on rocks in shallow waters.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 07:36
Native speaker of: English
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Reference comments


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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...
Suggested translation to Spanish: perforadores.

Shredders: Shredders are organisms that cut or chew pieces of living or dead plant material, including all plant parts like leaves and wood. The main function of shredders is the breakdown of large particles of plant material into smaller pieces that are then transported downstream or available to other stream consumers (Wallace & Webster, 1996). Shredders also make nutrients available to microbial consumers (Díaz Villanueva et al., 2012). In general, we refer to them as consumers of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) and producers of fine particulate organic matter (FPOM). Shredders of living plant material (Sh-Hb in Table 1) are herbivores and miners, like lepidopteran larvae from the families Noctuidae and Tortricidae. Shredders of decomposing plant material (e.g., CPOM, Sh-Dt in Table 1) are detritivores and wood borers.

Organisms that consume living plant tissue are responsible for major herbivory losses by aquatic vascular plants. Chrysomelid beetles are known to specialize on vascular plants and some are used as biocontrols of floating vascular plants (Cronin, Schlacher, Lodge & Siska, 1999). Shredders that consume detritus have received a great deal of attention by stream ecologists. There is a solid amount of evidence demonstrating the importance of macroinvertebrates as decomposers of dead plant material entering aquatic ecosystems (e.g., Webster & Benfield, 1986; Gessner, 1999). There is also evidence that shredding macroinvertebrates increase the amount of fine particles in streams, while it remains unclear how important are these particles to insect collectors (Cuffney et al., 1990; Usio, Konishi & Nakano, 2001).

Suggested translation to Spanish: fragmentadores.

Alternative uses of the term “Shredder” - According to our definition, an organism can be considered a shredder if it cuts or breaks plant tissue particles while feeding. This is the same definition used by Cummins (1973) and Merritt, Craig, Wotton & Walker (2008). However, several studies have used a more general definition by calling any organism that consumes leaf material a shredder regardless of their behavior. Snails provide a good example, their feeding behavior involves the use of a radula to remove tissue by scraping the substrates they are feeding on. According to the FFG definition that we are following here, snails are scrapers no matter what substrate they feed on because functionally they scrape the substrate. If a snail is feeding on a rock it will be likely consuming diatoms, bacteria, fungi and detritus. Individuals feeding over leaf substrates will be consuming plant detritus. Some studies called snails shredders, because their feeding accelerates plant breakdown (e.g., Mullholand, Elwood, Newbold & Ferren, 1985), while other consider this a case where a scraper facilitates the process of organic matter breakdown (Lamberti, Gregory, Ashkenas, Steinman & McIntire, 1989). One could argue either way, the important point is to clarify the use of the term before using it to avoid confusions.



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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: I am sorry I didn't answer your inquiries at first. I think I have my preferences set so I now receive an email with each new response.

Asker: Here is the definition I have been given in English for TWO SHREDDER = organisms that feed off of course particulate organic material such as leaves

Asker: But I also need a definition for SCRAPER/ GRAZER = organisms that remove and eat algae growing on rocks in shallow waters

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