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The concept of food chains is generally that they start somewhere (with a simple organism) and end somewhere else (with an apex predator of some description)
The food chain is actually a composite of carbon, nitrogen and other cycles when the flow continues from species to species through predation, decomposition, and incorporation of inorganic materials. Essentially all species are part of this cycle so that there is only one food cycle on the planet.
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∙ 11y agoThat depends on what you are referring to as being the smallest: the number of participants or the size of the individual participants.
Each consumer group in the food chain is referred to as a trophic level.
Thetrophic levelwith the smallest individual members is referred to asdecomposers, with bacteria being the consumers involved. An example of a decomposer would be mold.
The trophic level with the smallest total number of consumers is called the tertiary level, and is comprised of carnivores who eat primarily other carnivores. An example of a tertiary carnivore would be a large bird of prey, such as an eagle or a large fish.
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∙ 12y agoPhytoplankton -> Zooplankton -> Krill->Fish -> crab -> Seal -> Orca
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In a food chain which organisms have the smallest numbers and smallest total biomass?
Those at the top of the food chain.
What is the smallest number of species that can be present in a food chain that includes a carnivore?
four
What group with the smallest number of individuals in a typical food chain?
primary consumers
What is the base of the ocean food chain?
phytoplankton
What are the most abundant organism in a food chain?
All animals are part of one or more food chains and the food chain starts with plants. Many of the very smallest animals eat plants, but most larger animals eat other animals. The bigger animals eat smaller ones. That is the chain. And that makes the smallest animals most important because they cause the chain to progress.
The marine food chain in order from smallest to largest?
There are multiple food chains within the marine world. But a good example for you- Smallest organisms in marine environment- zooplankton Largest organisms in marine environment- whales Zooplankton--> Blue Whales (by filter feeding) Is a pretty easy food chain to remember.
What plant is important too a swamp and why is it important?
Mangroves because that is where the smallest organisms in the food chain live.
What is a dolphin role in the food chain?
Same as a normal dolphin. It eats the bigger fish, which eat the smaller fish, and the chain ends at the smallest creature in the Amazonian water system.
What needs to be at the start of every food chain or food web?
The organism at the start of the food chain is the smallest organism that the next smallest eats. So if you have to do a faood chain on fish, you would start with plankton, then shrimp, then mackeral, then sardines or such. At the top may be a shark, humans, or other meat eating animals normally.
What food chain?
Ecology. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.2.the chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer.
Why is a komodo dragon food chain not a food chain?
It is a food chain.
What is food web at mt Kilimanjaro?
I think the food chain is the smallest animals are herbivores and the biggest animals eat the smallest animals. To be honest I came to this website for help and not to give an answer so sorry if this doesn't help you. Good luck with finding something else!
