trophic

(adjective)

Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain.

Related Terms

  • plankton
  • organisms

Examples of trophic in the following topics:

  • Planktonic Food Webs

    • However, determining the trophic level of some plankton is not straightforward.
    • As these organisms form the base of the marine food web, this variability in phytoplankton growth influences higher trophic levels.
  • Organization of Ecosystems

    • All life forms in an ecosystem can be broadly grouped into one of two categories (called trophic levels):
    • In general, trophic levels are used to describe the way in which a particular organism within an ecosystem gets its food.
  • Planktonic Communities

    • Plankton are primarily divided into broad functional (or trophic level) groups: Phytoplankton , Zooplankton, and Bacterioplankton.
    • However, determining the trophic level of some plankton is not straightforward.
    • As these organisms form the base of the marine food web, this variability in phytoplankton growth influences higher trophic levels.
  • Chemoautotrophs and Chemoheterotrophs

  • Hydrothermal Vent Microbial Ecosystems

    • The chemosynthetic bacteria grow into a thick mat, covering the hydrothermal vent, and this is the first trophic level of the ecosystem.
  • Nongenetic Categories for Medicine and Ecology

    • In ecology, microorganisms are classified by the type of habitat they require, or trophic level, energy source and carbon source.
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