Trophic Level
The trophic level of an organism is the place it occupies in a food chain. This chain represents when an organism eats another organism and they can get eaten themselves. They start off with a primary producer (plants) then herbivores and predators. To me the producers would be the most important because they are usually plants or algae, like sea weed could be a part of them. They usually don’t eat each other so they couldn’t harm each other. They get nutrients from the soil and they can do photosynthesis they can get energy from the sun. Some of the producers are phytoplankton like seaweed and sea grass. Then the primary consumers are plankton like phytoplankton, picoplankton, net plankton, mega plankton, zoo plankton and nano plankton. Then there are tertiary consumers and that would be fishes, sea birds, and even great whales eat them.
The trophic level of an organism is the place it occupies in a food chain. This chain represents when an organism eats another organism and they can get eaten themselves. They start off with a primary producer (plants) then herbivores and predators. To me the producers would be the most important because they are usually plants or algae, like sea weed could be a part of them. They usually don’t eat each other so they couldn’t harm each other. They get nutrients from the soil and they can do photosynthesis they can get energy from the sun. Some of the producers are phytoplankton like seaweed and sea grass. Then the primary consumers are plankton like phytoplankton, picoplankton, net plankton, mega plankton, zoo plankton and nano plankton. Then there are tertiary consumers and that would be fishes, sea birds, and even great whales eat them.
This is a pyramid describing the different trophic levels. As you can see the primary producer is in the bottom and then the consumers which is first a herbivore then a carnivore. At the side when all the animals die they become detritus and the decomposers eat them.
Nutrient Cycles
The nutrient cycle is when there is organic and non organic matter and then it’s turned into a living matter. The nutrient cycle occurs within the ecosystem. The matter and energy flow and is exchanged as organisms feed. It also passes through soils and living organisms. The most common minerals are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and many more. Nitrogen is being converted into atmospheric forms to ones that a plant can use it is called nitrogen fixation and can be done by algae or other bacteria. There are certain plants that do benefit by the process. The nutrients control the primary production. There is a limiting nutrient in the ocean and the limiting nutrient is nitrogen. The nutrients that is produced my phytoplankton will eventually end up as detritus.
The nutrient cycle is when there is organic and non organic matter and then it’s turned into a living matter. The nutrient cycle occurs within the ecosystem. The matter and energy flow and is exchanged as organisms feed. It also passes through soils and living organisms. The most common minerals are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and many more. Nitrogen is being converted into atmospheric forms to ones that a plant can use it is called nitrogen fixation and can be done by algae or other bacteria. There are certain plants that do benefit by the process. The nutrients control the primary production. There is a limiting nutrient in the ocean and the limiting nutrient is nitrogen. The nutrients that is produced my phytoplankton will eventually end up as detritus.
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