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Depending on the food chain you look at, plankton or the sun.
Phytoplankton capture the energy from sunlight through photosynthesis. The sun is the ultimate source of energy, but it is not an actual member of a food chain or web. Phytoplankton are at the beginning of the ocean food chain or web.
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If the number of phytoplankton decrease what happen to the food chain in the ocean?
If the number of phytoplankton decrease the food chain would decrease in the ocean.
What is the suns role in a ocean food chain?
The role of the sun in the ocean food chain is .... there is some plants in the ocean so, it give the plants food and some animals eat the plants and you know the rest.
Base of the ocean food chain?
Phytoplankton
Where are goldfish or fighting fish on the food chain of the ocean?
Goldfish and bettas (fighting fish) are freshwater fish, so they are not part of the ocean's food chain at all. In a freshwater environment, they are relatively low on the food chain.
Ocean circulation patterns and the marine food chain?
the relationship between ocean circulation patterns and the marine food chain is they have almost the same conditions
What is an example of a food chain in the euphotic open ocean?
A food chain in the euphotic zone of the open ocean begins with phytoplankton, to zoo-plankton, or other filter feeders (sardines, shell fish; i.e. primary consumers), then secondary consumers, and finally tertiary consumers like game fish or humans.
A marine food chain?
A marine food chain is a chain in the ocean of things that eat things that eat other things and so on...
Who do sharks help the most?
The ocean food chain
Can give you a food chain from the Pacific Ocean?
yes
What is the first link in the ocean food chain?
ALGEA
First link in the ocean food chain?
phytoplankton
Why is the ocean and seas surrounding Antarctica so rich in marine life?
The protein-rich Southern Ocean is so rich because the food chain there is abundant. The food chain is short, and for months out of the year the ocean is frozen over, which removes some of the larger predators from the food chain.
