Food Web Assignment
Use the coral reef food web below to answer the following questions. PLEASE LIST THE SPECIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN THE QUESTIONS BELOW *If you cannot see the figure below, it is also posted under the module.
1.
a. List the primary producers.
b. What important function do these organisms perform in this ecosystem?
2. List the primary consumers.
3. List the secondary consumers.
4. List the tertiary consumers.
5. Which organism(s) have more than one role and what are those roles?
6.
a. Suppose overharvesting led to the extinction of the moray eel. What would be the immediate effects of this event on the coral reef ecosystem? Which populations would increase? Decrease? Be specific.
b. Now suppose overharvesting led to the extinction of the Sergeant major fish. What would be the immediate effects of this event on the coral reef ecosystem? Which populations would increase? Decrease? Be specific.
7. Which category of organisms (organisms are living things) is not shown on this food web, but is necessary for the ecosystem to thrive?
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