Lorina Kinchen
Freshwater
Freshwater food web
This food webs energy source is ,of course, the algae (or plant).The plant , as you may know , gets its energy from the sun. The primary consumer would be the smaller vegetarian fish or snails and such creatures like the ones I just spoke of , although , the Mute Swan also consumes plants and algae. The secondary consumer is the larger fish. The larger fish are not vegetarians but do consume the smaller fish to keep the smaller fishes population "in check". The tertiary consumer would be (whaddya know) us humans . We humans are responsible for keeping the fish population "in check". And last but not least , the decomposer would be zooplankton, phytoplankton ,etc. ....
Primary Consumer
This here, is a small fish eating an algae plant. Since the plant is the main producer throughout the food web , and the fish is eating the primary source ,this makes the fish a primary consumer.
Secondary Consumer
This is a picture of the Largemouth Bass eating a much smaller fish. The Largemouth Bass is consuming the primary consumer so this makes the Bass the secondary consumer in the food web.
Top Consumer
The human being in this picture is the tertiary consumer. She is at the tippity -top of the food web . She will get the energy of the producer , primary consumer , and last but not least , the secondary consumer.
Algae
Algae is a autotrophic organism . This is the producer of my food web. All energy contained in the food web will originate from this here organism.
Redbreast sunfish
This little guys job is to maintain the population of the algae but, of course , he's not gonna do it by himself !!!!!
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are heterotrophic ( sometimes detritovorous ) plankton. Plankton are organisms drifting in the oceans , seas , and bodies of freshwater . A zooplanktons job is to decompose of the dead animals and organisms in an ecosystem. His relationship with the two previous organisms is to decompose them and fertilize other growing plant-like organisms.
Are us humans empacting the environment for such creatures ?
Yes , actually, we are. Us humans like to fish for sport or just for some freshly caught dinner but we don't exactly consider the population decrease of the species we are capturing . Fish are needed to keep the species on the lower part of the food pyramids population at a reasonable amount. Even though I say this , that doesn't mean you have to stop fishing . Humans are also helping keep fish population down too. Just... we don't want to help too much.