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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 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. • 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.
Sun Which organisms get energy from the sun? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Plankton! Coral and zooxanthellae! Algae! www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat coral? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat algae? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish! Damselfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat plankton? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish Damselfish! Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat parrotfish and damselfish? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Coral Trout Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Which fish eat parrotfish, damselfish and coral trout? www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Sharks! Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Coral and zooxanthellae Algae www.reefcheckaustralia.org
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
Sun Sharks Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Dead and Decaying Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Crayfish! Sponges! Clams! www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Sun Sharks Coral Trout! Parrotfish Damselfish Plankton Dead and Decaying Coral and zooxanthellae Algae Crayfish Sponges Clams www.reefcheckaustralia.org
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