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Reef Food Webs

Reef Food Webs. Reef IQ Program. www.reefcheckaustralia.org. Reef Food Webs. A food chain shows the transfer of energy (food) between animals and plants. For example a simple food chain might show an arrow going from grass to a cow to a human, demonstrating who eats what.

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Reef Food Webs

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  1. Reef Food Webs Reef IQ Program www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  2. Reef Food Webs • A food chain shows the transfer of energy (food) between animals and plants. • For example a simple food chain might show an arrow going from grass to a cow to a human, demonstrating who eats what. • A food web shows many different food chains interlinked. • The following shows how quite a complex food web is constructed using the marine organisms you have been studying.

  3. Sun Which organisms get energy from the sun? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  4. Sun Plankton! Coral and zooxanthellae! Algae! www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  5. Sun Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat coral? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  6. Sun Parrotfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  7. Sun Parrotfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat algae? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  8. Sun Parrotfish! Damselfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  9. Sun Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat plankton? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  10. Sun Parrotfish Damselfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  11. Sun Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat parrotfish and damselfish? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  12. Sun Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  13. Sun Coral Trout Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat parrotfish, damselfish and coral trout? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  14. Sun Sharks! Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  15. Sun Sharks Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which animals feed on the dead and dying plant and animal matter keeping the marine environment clean? www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  16. Sun Sharks Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Dead and Decaying Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Crayfish! Sponges! Clams! www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  17. Sun Sharks Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Dead and Decaying Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Crayfish Sponges Clams www.reefcheckaustralia.org

  18. Now create your own food web using the Australian land organisms below or choose your own! • Eucalypt (gum tree) Echidna • Possum Wallaby • Kangaroo Cockatoo • Wombat Tiger snake • Grass Crocodile • Termite Wattle Tree • Kookaburra Koala • Dingo • Wedge-tail eagle • Cricket www.reefcheckaustralia.org

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