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What might happen to the organisms in the food web below if the number of phytoplankton and vegetation drastically decreased?The small fish and wading birds would be affected.
Only the small fish would be affected.
The small fish, bivalves, and invertebrates would be affected.
The entire food web would be affected.
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The entire food web would be affected.
Phytoplankton and vegetation are primary producers that supply energy to primary consumers (bivalves, invertebrates, small fish). If they decline drastically, those consumers lose their food and decline, which then reduces food for higher-level predators (wading birds, larger fish), causing cascading effects through the whole web.
Phytoplankton and vegetation are primary producers that supply energy to primary consumers (bivalves, invertebrates, small fish). If they decline drastically, those consumers lose their food and decline, which then reduces food for higher-level predators (wading birds, larger fish), causing cascading effects through the whole web.
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