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Food Chains and Food Webs

Food web

Food web

This food web shows the interactions between organisms across trophic levels in the Lake Ontario ecosystem. Primary producers are outlined in green, primary consumers in orange, secondary consumers in blue, and tertiary (apex) consumers in purple. The opossum shrimp eats both primary producers and primary consumers; it is, therefore, both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer.

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    "OpenStax College, Ecology of Ecosystems. October 17, 2013."
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  • detritivore
  • trophic level
  • food chain
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