Create your Ecosystem by Takira

Trophic Levels

takiraalexus24 — 2024-01-22 15:09:46 UTC

1. producer-phytoplankton

2.primary consumer-copepods

3.secondary consumer-squid

4.teritarty-haitian mermaid

5.decomposer-marine worms

Marine Worms

takiraalexus24 — 2024-01-22 15:12:26 UTC

Marine worms are decomposers in which they break apart any dead organisms in the ocean into simple inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers and the cycle begins again!

Phytoplankton

elaina1306 — 2024-01-23 14:36:15 UTC

Phytoplankton are producers because they perform photosynthesis and produce food from light energy in which they also stay close to the water surface.

Copepods

elaina1306 — 2024-01-23 14:37:55 UTC

Copepods are primary consumers because they feed on phytoplankton which get there energy from the sun. Zooplankton also knows as "copepods" eat phytoplankton and convert the sun's energy for higher trophic levels in the food web

Squid

elaina1306 — 2024-01-23 14:42:33 UTC

Squid are secondary consumers because they are carnivores and they can get their energy from ingesting primary consumers (Copepods).

Haitian mermaid

elaina1306 — 2024-01-23 14:45:46 UTC

Haitian mermaids are tertiary on the trophic level because they feed of organisms like crabs, fish, squid, and clams making them the top of the food web.

What would happen to the food web if all of the primary consumers became extinct?

elaina1306 — 2024-01-23 14:49:15 UTC

If primary consumers were extinct and eliminated from the food web, there would be nothing to eat the producers, therefore they would become overpopulated and there would be no food for the secondary consumers to eat, so they would begin to die. For example, if copepods became extinct, then the squid would have nothing to feed on and the squid would begin to die and the phytoplankton would become overpopulated.

What is the underwater climate of your marine ecosystem?

takiraalexus24 — 2024-01-23 14:51:42 UTC

The water temperature may vary from a warm 30°C (86°F) in the tropics. The depths of our marine ecosystem is 3, 682 meters. The color contains greener waters also essential for phytoplankton that are abundant in the upper ocean. Salinity range from 33 to 38 ppt. Sunlight travels about 1,000 meters into the ocean's water. It is connected to a fresh water source where they adapted.

What would happen if all of the decomposers were removed?

takiraalexus24 — 2024-01-23 14:57:15 UTC

If all the decomposers were removed it would caused dead insects, dead leaves, and dead animals will increase. Decomposers break down wastes into molecules that the producer can use. For example if marine worms were removed then there will be no decomposer to break down any organisms or wastes and there will be an increase in wastes which can possibly harm the other organisms.