Phytoplankton serve as the major primary producers in the marine ecosystem. These microscopic, single-celled plants, bacteria, algae and other organisms harvest sunlight through photosynthesis and store it as chemical energy before becoming food for tiny creatures called zooplankton. What organisms are important producers in cold water? The principal marine primaryRead More →
Definition. Chemoautotrophs are organisms that obtain their energy from a chemical reaction (chemotrophs) but their source of carbon is the most oxidized form of carbon, carbon dioxide (CO2). What do chemoautotrophs survive? Chemotrophs are a class of organisms that obtain their energy through the oxidation of inorganic molecules, such asRead More →
Producers, such as plants, create their own nutrients, while primary consumers, also called herbivores, rely on producers for food. The food chain describes who eats whom in the wild. Every living thing—from one-celled algae to giant blue whales—needs food to survive. What do you mean by producers consumers and decomposers?Read More →