Food Chain by Mehmet Toprak

1 Plants

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Phytoplankton gets its energy from sunlight. They are eaten by Krill. This plant is a producer because it makes its own energy from the sunlight. A fun fact about Phytoplankton is phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms, are responsible for producing about half of the oxygen on Earth, and they form the base of the marine food web.

2 Primary Consumer

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Krill gets it’s energy from Phytoplankton . They are eaten by Herring and Mackerel. This animal is a primary consumer because it is the first to eat from the producer. Fun fact about krill is that many whales eat krill instead of fish.

3 Secondary Consumer

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Herring gets its energy from krill. They are eaten by Tuna, Cod, and Seal. This animal is a secondary consumer because it is eating the primary consumer. Fun fact about Herring is that they can lay a massive amount of eggs, with herring being able to deposit up to 40,000 eggs at a time

4 Tertiary Consumer

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Seal gets its energy from Tuna, Cod, Mackerel, and Herring. This animal is the Tertiary Consumer because it is the Apex Predator. A fun fact is Seals, known as "pinnipeds" or "fin-footed" animals, are amazing swimmers and divers, and some species, like leopard seals, even sing underwater.

5 Scavenger

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Crabs get their energy from dead organisms. Fun fact about crabs are that 1.4 million tons of crabs are eaten a year.

6 Decomposers

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Cyanobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria, are bacteria/fungi that decompose in the marine food web. Fun fact about them is that Cyanobacteria are ancient oxygen-producing bacteria, Alphaproteobacteria include the ancestors of mitochondria, and Gammaproteobacteria are a diverse group, some of which are human pathogens.