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Title: Oceanic Feeding Relationships

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Marine algae, plants, bacteria, and bacteria-like organisms are the main oceanic producers. Consumers take in these producers. Only a small percent of energy produced by an organisms is passed on to the next level of feeding populations. As a result, the producers' biomass is greater than the top consumers.

= Trophic Levels = Sun energy is stored by trophic level 1 (phytoplanton), trophic level 2 (zooplankton) consumes level 1, trophic level 3 (common fish) consumes level 2, trophic level 4 (large fish) consumes level 3, trophic level 5 (human) consumes level 4.

= Food Chains and Food Webs = A food chain is the passage of energy along a single path. A﻿ food web is a group of food chains interlinked to make a complex fee﻿ding relationship.

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