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The foundation of many aquatic food webs is phytoplankton. They provide as food for a variety of marine life in a healthy habitat.

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A flowering plant found in shallow coastal seas is seagrass. Many animals rely on it for food and shelter, making it an essential component of marine ecosystems.

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Small animals and the juvenile forms of larger species make up zooplankton.

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Krills are tiny, marine crustaceans that belong to the Euphausiacea order and are found in all oceans worldwide.

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A member of the Clupeidae family, herring is a fish with a blue-green back and silvery side. Although there are around 200 species of herring, the Atlantic, Pacific, and Araucanian are the most widely distributed. These are a few traits of herring.

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Microbes that recycle nutrients back into the water to sustain producers by decomposing dead organic materials.

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As scavengers, sea cucumbers consume plankton floating in the water column and tiny food particles found in the benthic zone, or seafloor.

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An octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda