Food Web

Food Web Diagram

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September 1, 2012

Food Web Diagram

❖ Dolphin – C

❖ Green Sea Turtle – C

❖ Tiger Shark – C

❖ Trevallies – C

❖ Cardinal Fish – C

❖ Manta Ray – C

❖ Remora – C

❖ Giant Triton – C

❖ Crown-of-thorns Starfish – C

❖ Hard Coral – C

❖ Zooxanthelleae – P

❖ Sea Slugs – C

❖ Sea Sponges – C

❖ Spanish Dancer – C

❖ Sea Grasses – P

❖ Barracuda – C

❖ Parrot Fish – C

❖ Algae – P

❖ Scorpion Fish – C

❖ Goby – C

❖ Saddled Butterfly Fish – C

❖ Sea Anemones – C

❖ Clownfish – C

❖ Long-nosed Butterfly Fish – C

❖ Barred Rabbit Fish – C

❖ Branching Coral – C

❖ Jellyfish – C

❖ Coneshell – C

❖ Phytoplankton – P

❖ Carolline Algae - P

❖ Filamentous Turf Algae – P

❖ Seaweed Species – P

❖ Bacteria – D

(PBS evolution, 2003)

The Great Barrier Reef is an extremely well recognized biodiversity because of its size. Biodiversity is the variety of life forms that are needed to fill important spots in an ecosystem. Thousands of life forms depend on one another for survival. A change in one population could have detrimental effects on the remaining populations found within that ecosystem. As species die off the leave voids within the ecosystem. These voids can be filled by utilizing other life forms. (Bellwood, Hughes, Folke, & Nystrom, 2004)

A food chain is a diagram that demonstrates the flow of an energy source through an ecosystem. The main energy source for the Earth is the sun. The phytoplankton; a producer found within the ecosystem, produce energy-rich compounds by absorbing sunlight. This process is the first level of any food chain.

The consumers can be broken down into subgroups. The main consumer in a food chain is referred to as basic consumers. Basic consumers are the ones that go in search of producers. Those consumers are referred to as herbivores. An example of an herbivore...