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FOOD WEB
IN THE OCEAN
DEFINITION OF
PRODUCER IN
OCEAN
The producer is a living
thing in the food web that
can produce its food for
example phytoplankton and
it's usually a living thing like PHYTOPLANKTON
a plant.
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THE MEANING OF PRIMARY
CONCUMER?
The primary consumer is a living thing in
the food web that eat the producer.
Primary consumers make up the second
trophic level. Usually, they are herbivores
for example zooplankton, and shrimp.
ZOOPLANKTON
DEFINITION OF
SECONDARY CONSUMER
Secondary consumers are largely carnivores that feed on
the primary consumers or herbivores. Their role is to
control the population of primary consumers by eating
them for energy. Secondary consumers are organisms that
eat primary consumers for energy. For example crab,
codfish, and tuna.
DEFINITION OF
TERTIARY
CONSUMER
Tertiary consumers are those
that eat the secondary
consumers as their main source
of food (large predators). All of
them is a carnivores. Example of
tertiary consumer is shark, MARLIN FISH
whale, and marlin fish.
EXAMPLE OF
FOOD CHAIN
ORCA
CODFISH
JELLYFISH
KRILL
SHRIMP
CRAB ZOOPLANKTON
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