Anah Reeves
Coral Reef Ocean Biome
Coral Reef Food Web
On this food web producers are at the bottom. The phytoplankton, giant kelp, and Cyanobacteria are all producers. Next are the 1st level consumers, zooplankton, dugong, manta ray, and the short spined urchin are all 1st level consumers. 2nd level consumers are the pink anemone fish, 11-armed star, and the whale shark. Lastly, the tertiary consumers are the blue-ringed octopus, the moray eel, and the tiger shark. The decomposers are the banded coral shrimp and the mud crab.
Commensalism
The spider is using the limbs to build its web, the spider is being helped and the tree is not being hurt or annoyed.
Mutualism
Oxpeckers and rhinos have a mutualistic relationship they both benefit from their relationship. Oxpeckers get food, and rhinos get clean.
Parasitism
Mosquitos and humans share a parasitic relationship. The mosquito gets food (blood) while humans lose their blood and possibly get West Nile.
Humans impact the environment in many different ways, some are good and some are bad. Several positive ways a humans impact the environment are protecting certain species in the area, cleaning the waterways, and finding renewable energy sources. There are also negative impacts like pollution, removing trees, and using fertilizer.
Whale Shark
The whale shark is a 2nd level consumer, but they also eat producers. The whale shark eats phytoplankton (producer) and zooplankton (1st level consumer).
Manta Ray
The Manta Ray is also a special animal. It also eats producers and 1st level consumers. But unlike the whale shark it gets eaten by other stuff too. The Manama Ray gets eaten by the tiger shark.
Moray Eel
The moray eel is a tertiary consumer. That means it is a top level consumer, and nothing else eats it.