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Create a diagram in which you illustrate the energy flow among organisms of a food chain in a particular ecosystem.
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Select an ecosystem. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Determine the interdependency of life in your ecosystem by examining its organisms.
Include the following:
• List the organisms that can be found in your ecosystem.
1. Dolphin – Consumer/Predator
2. Green Sea Turtle – Consumer/Prey (Tiger Shark)
3. Tiger Shark – Consumer/Predator (Green Sea Turtle)
4. Trevallies –Consumer/Predator (Cardinal Fish)
5. Cardinal Fish – Consumer/Prey (Trevallies & Dolphin)
6. Manta Ray – Consumer
7. Remora – Consumer
8. Giant Triton – Consumer/ Predator (Crown of thorns starfish)
9. Crown of Thorns Starfish/Predator (hard coral) Prey (Giant triton)
10. Hard Coral – Consumer/ Prey (Crown of thorns starfish)
11. Zooxanthelleae – Producer
12. Sea Slugs – Consumer/ Predator (Sea Sponges)
13. Sea Sponges – Consumer/ Prey (sea Slugs)
14. Spanish Dancer – Consumer
15. Sea Grasses – Producer
16. Barracuda – Consumer/ predator (Parrot Fish)
17. Parrot Fish – Consumer/Prey (Barracuda)
18. Algae – Producer
19. Scorpion Fish – Consumer/Predator (goby)
20. Goby – Consumer/ prey (Scorpion fish)
21. Saddled Butterflyfish – Consumer
22. Sea anemones – consumers
23. Clownfish – Consumers...